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Presence and Determination of Manure-borne Estrogens from Dairy and Beef Cattle Feeding Operations in Northeast China

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Four estrogens in cattle feces collected from 24 dairy and beef feeding operations located in the northeast of China were investigated. The average concentration of 17α-estradiol, 17β-estradiol and estrone in dairy feces was 194.6, 104.4, and 262 μg/kg, respectively. While as to beef waste the mean content of 17α-estradiol, 17β-estradiol and estrone was 104.5, 67.7 and 216.4 μg/kg, respectively. Estriol was below the detection limit in all samples. The 17β-estradiol equivalents of all samples ranged from 45.8 to 926.1 μg/kg and dairy together with beef probably generated 16 times more estrogens than the human population in the study area.

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The research was funded through the Environmental Protection Public Welfare Program (200909042), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20977010) and Special Water Pollution Controlling Program of China (2008ZX07209-007).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China

    Han Wei, Li Yan-xia & Yang Ming

  2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China

    Li Wei

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Wei, H., Yan-xia, L., Ming, Y. et al. Presence and Determination of Manure-borne Estrogens from Dairy and Beef Cattle Feeding Operations in Northeast China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 86, 465–469 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-011-0247-6

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