Environment Pollution and Climate Change
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Maria Cristina Borba Braga

Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba-PR, 81531-980, Brazil

Biography

Maria Cristina Borba Braga, Graduation in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná; Master of Science (Biochemistry) from the Federal University of Paraná and Ph.D. in Environmental Technology from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London. Full Professor at the Federal University of Paraná, working in the Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation; Regional Editor, for South and Central America, of the journal the Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management (1088-1697), Founding Member of the Academia Paranaense de Engenharia.

Publications

Distribution and Characterization of Sex Hormones in Sediment and Removal Estimate by Sewage Treatment Plant in South Brazil

Sex hormones are a group of endocrine disruptors excreted by humans and animals. These compounds have been detected in surface waters and sewage treatment plant (STP), all over the word. Due their physicochemical properties significant amount is deposited in the sediment of surface waters acting as reservoirs able to contaminate the water column. A... Read More»

Karina Scurupa Machado, Julio Cesar R Azevedo, Maria Cristina Borba Braga, Paulo AL Ferreira and Rubens Figueira

Research Article: Environ Pollut Climate Change 2017, 1:2

DOI: 10.4172/2753-458X.1000115

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