动物的内分泌系统可以被检测到的化合物改变 世界各地的水资源供应。这些物质统称为内分泌物质- 破坏性化合物（EDC）。药物化合物及其代谢产物已被广泛研究 统称为药物活性化合物（PHAC）。许多PHAC现在已经被使用 在地表水中检测到，其中一些已在成品饮用水中检测到。 个人护理产品（PCPs）会产生另一类新出现的污染物，这些污染物已经被污染 在地表水和地下水中检测到。EDC和PHAC/PCP（PPCP）与 对野生动物的各种不利影响。一些公共和监管机构认为EDC和PPCP 饮用水中的化合物是潜在的人类健康风险。杀虫剂和除草剂可以 自20世纪70年代以来，已在地表水和成品饮用水中检测到EDC和EDC。然而 在过去的十年里，作为检测万亿分之一有机污染物水平的分析技术 化合物，许多工业生产的化学品已在成品废水中检测到， 工业径流、河流、饮用水源，甚至成品饮用水。很多的 研究表明，传统水处理厂（WTP）预计将 去除不到20%的大多数EDC或PPCP。粉末活性炭（PAC）添加剂 对于传统水处理厂而言，这似乎是一种可行、相对简单且经济的升级 移除EDC和PPCP。先进的技术（如膜过滤和AOP）正在发展 成本高昂，但有可能实现非常高的EDC或PPCP去除率。包括108个参考文献和表格。

The endocrine systems of animals can be changed by compounds that have been detected in water supplies around the world. These substances are collectively known as endocrine- disrupting compounds (EDCs). Pharmaceutical compounds and their metabolites have been collectively termed pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs). Many PhACs have now been detected in surface waters, a few of which have been detected in finished drinking water. Personal care products (PCPs) create another class of emerging contaminants that have been detected in surface and groundwaters. EDCs and PhACs/PCPs (PPCPs) have been linked to a variety of adverse effects on wildlife. Some public and regulatory agencies view EDC & PPCP compounds in drinking water as a potential human health risk. Pesticides and herbicides can be EDCs and have been detected in surface and finished drinking waters since 1970s. However, over the past decade as analytical techniques to detect part-per-trillion levels of organic compounds, many industrial-produced chemicals have been detected in finished wastewater, industrial runoff, rivers, drinking water sources, and even finished drinking water. Numerous studies have shown that conventional water treatment plants (WTPs) would be expected to remove less than 20% of most EDCs or PPCPs. Powdered activated carbon (PAC) addition appears to be a viable, relatively simple and economical, upgrade for conventional WTPs to remove EDCs and PPCPs. Advanced technologies (e.g., membrane filtration and AOPs) are costly but have the potential to achieve very high EDC or PPCP removals. Includes 108 references, tables.