Haoqi Nina Zhao

ORCID: 0000-0003-3908-630X · 1 paper in corpus

article 2021

Biotransformation of Current-Use Progestin Dienogest and Drospirenone in Laboratory-Scale Activated Sludge Systems Forms High-Yield Products with Altered Endocrine Activity

·doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c03805

Dienogest (DIE) and drospirenone (DRO) are two fourth-generation synthetic progestins widely used as oral contraceptives. Despite their increasing detection in wastewaters and surface waters, their fate during biological wastewater treatmen…