Environmental Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
Smart electrochemical sensing system for the real time detection of endocrine disrupting compounds and hormones : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics Engineering at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
... as environmental endocrine- disrupting compounds (EDCs) by many health monitoring agencies in the world due to their observed reproductive and developmental defects in rodents ...
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INVASIVE SPECIES MAY OFFER ADVANCED PHYTOREMEDIATION OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
... an environmental impact at concentrations in the nanograms per liter range, these compounds are hydrophobic, involatile, and practically insoluble in ...
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Screening for Genotoxicity and Oestrogenicity of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Vitro
... multiple compounds in a wide range of doses and are sensitive enough to detect weak oestro- genic activity of four orders of magnitude more concen- trated than that of 17β-oestradiol without exceeding the ...
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Identification, Quantification and Removal of Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds from Water Using Customized PDMS Membrane
... characteristics and environmental fate in order to design a suitable treatment system. The separation through the nanomembrane can be achieved by physical selectivity (charge repulsion, size repulsion, size ...
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Assessment of Endocrine Disrupting Trace Metals in River Samre at Samreboi in the Wassa Amenfi West District of the Western Region of Ghana
... xenobiotic compounds that are capable of modulating or disrupting the endocrine sys- ...for endocrine disrupting chemicals is directed at both wildlife and humans ...these ...
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Identification of estrogen-regulated genes by microarray analysis of the uterus of immature rats exposed to endocrine disrupting chemicals
... estrogenic compounds which bind to the estrogen receptor (ER) can block or alter endogenous functions of estrogen in reproductive and developmental ...and endocrine disruptors (EDs) using microarray ...
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Determination of the Occurrence and Elimination of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP)
... genic compounds is ...in environmental samples, the ana- lytical limits are reached ...estrogenic compounds cannot be detected ...respective compounds in environmental samples, the ...
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Parental occupational exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and male genital malformations: A study in the danish national birth cohort study
... at environmental exposure levels [36], and the compounds have been related to decreased anogenital distance [23,37], which is associated with hypospadias ...other endocrine disrupting ...
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Synergistic Impact of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDC‟s) On Environmental Facilities: A Mini Review
... The endocrine system works within the body through a complex chemical messaging ...the endocrine system are known as ...the endocrine system ...reversed. Endocrine disruption occurs through ...
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Assessing the endocrine disrupting potentials and genotoxicity in environmental samples from Taiwanese rivers
... RXR disrupting po- tentials and genotoxic ...higher disrupting activities were present in these ...aromatic compounds, however, the detection of methylated PAHs may be of concern owing to the higher ...
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Apoptosis inducing activity of endocrine disrupting chemicals in cultured PC12 cells
... normal compounds with estrogenic activi- ties found in both sexes as well as at different life stages, humans and animals are exposed to environmental prod- ucts that mimic estrogenic activity known as ...
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Fate and Biological Activity of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in the Waste of a Commercial Swine Operation.
... identifying compounds capable of interacting with the endocrine ...of environmental samples. When the chemical composition of an environmental sample is not known, these assays can be employed ...
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Gestational exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in relation to infant birth weight: a Bayesian analysis of the HOME Study
... With few exceptions (e.g., PFOA), median concentra- tions among HOME Study participants tended to be simi- lar to concentrations observed in US women (Table 2). The GM of phthalate and BPA concentrations ranged from 2.4 ...
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Removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) using low pressure reverse osmosis membrane (LPROM)
... Studies on EDCs in Malaysia were initiated recently (Mustafa et al., 2006). Series of work to determine the concentration level of EDCs have been carried out among several states in Malaysia and the result are summarised ...
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THERE IS NO AWAY PHARMACEUTICALS, PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS, AND ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING SUBSTANCES: EMERGING CONTAMINANTS DETECTED IN WATER
... predicted environmental concentration (PEC) to its predicted “no effects” concentration (PNEC), ...cheaper environmental policy to restrict potential pollutants at the earliest possible ...
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Diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) for in situ sampling of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in waters
... 2013 Calibration and field test of the polar organic chemical integrative samplers for the determination of 15 endocrine disrupting compounds in wastewater and river water with special f[r] ...
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The Environmental-Endocrine Basis of Gynandromorphism (Intersex) in a Crustacean
... Commensurate with the decline in many crustacean populations has been an accumulation in reports of sexu- ally ambiguous individuals within these populations. The cause of gynandromorphism or intersex among crus- taceans ...
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A Toxicological Assessment of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Found in the BMW (Border, Midland and Western) Region of Ireland
... Contaminants released into the aquatic environment have the potential to damage the genetic material of ex- posed organisms resulting in genetic disorders and car- cinogenesis. The comet assay provides a useful tool for ...
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Disrupting environmental crime at the local level: an operational perspective
... National Environmental Security Taskforce (NEST) model (INTERPOL, 2012; Higgins and White, ...and environmental officers organise themselves in a coordinated tri-agency arrangement to respond to wildlife ...
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Assessing dose–response relationships for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs): a focus on non-monotonicity
... the endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) literature that re- vealed a large number of non-monotonic dose responses (NMDRs) in biochemical, animal and human studies ...
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