Yasumoto Magara* and Motoyuki Kamata*

* Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University

+ Correspondence should be addressed to Yasumoto Magara:
(Kita13, Nishi 8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628 Japan)

Abstract

The influence of endocrine disrupters on the ecological system is already a public concern; however, the behavior of these within the environment has not been clear, and it must be clarified so as to evaluate its risk. In this paper, we discuss the short-term assays used for evaluating the effect of endocine disrupters and estrogenic chemicals in water.

Key words: endocine disrupter, alkylphenol, estradiol, water environment