title: Impact of recent manure applications on natural estrogen concentrations in streams near agricultural fields.
abstract: Few studies on natural estrogens have been conducted in agricultural ecosystems. High (up to 58 ng/L) estrone concentrations were measured shortly after applications of manure in a small agricultural watershed. No other estrogens (17ß-estradiol, estrone or estriol) were detected afterward (first three rainfalls after applications). Results suggest that aquatic organisms in agricultural watersheds could be exposed to estrone shortly after manure applications, probably from leaching of land-applied animal wastes, but that this exposure would be short-lived.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau, Terre et Environnement, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec (QC), Canada G1K 9A9. Electronic address: pierre.lafrance@ete.inrs.ca.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lafrance
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caron
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D004967:Estrogens / Q000032:analysis*; D008372:Manure; D011891:Rain; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D008372:Manure; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: 17ß-Estradiol; Agricultural watershed; Estriol; Estrone