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1805681 
Journal Article 
Identification of alkylphenols and other estrogenic phenolic compounds in wastewater, septage, and groundwater on Cape Cod, Massachusetts 
Rudel, RA; Melly, SJ; Geno, PW; Sun, G; Brody, JG 
1998 
1 
Environmental Science & Technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
EISSN: 1520-5851 
BIOSIS/98/16202 
32 
7 
861-869 
English 
BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. As part of a larger effort to characterize the impacts to Cape Cod drinking water supplies from on-site wastewater disposal, we developed two analytical methods using HPLC and GC for a range of compounds identified as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), including the nonionic surfactants alkylphenol polyethoxylates (APEOs) and their degradation products. We analyzed samples for nonylphenol, octylphenol, and their ethoxylates up to the hexaethoxylate using an HPLC method, with detection limits ranging from 2 to 6 mug/L. A set of phenolic compounds including bisphenol A and nonylphenol were derivatized and analyzed by GC/MS with detection limits from 0.001 to 0.02 mug/L. Total APEOs in untreated wastewater and septage samples ranged from 1350 to 11 000 mug/L by the HPLC method. Nonylphenol was detected in all septage samples at concentrations above 1000 mug/L. Phenylphenol and bisphenol A were detected in septage and wastewater at about 1 mug/L. In groundwater downgrad 
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