Steroid hormones are extremely important natural hormones in all vertebrates. They control
a wide range of physiological processes, including osmoregulation, sexual maturity …

Human and veterinary active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are involved in
contamination of surface water, ground water, effluents, sediments and biota. Effluents of …

A set of biochemical and histological responses was measured in wild gudgeon collected
upstream and downstream of urban and pharmaceutical manufacture effluents. These …

The Potomac River basin is an area where a high prevalence of abnormalities such as
testicular oocytes (TO), skin lesions, and mortality has been observed in smallmouth bass …

There is a substantial lack of information on most priority pollutants, related contamination
trends, and (eco) toxicological risks for the major Italian watercourse, the River Po. Targeting …

Intersex is defined as the abnormal presence of both testicular and ovarian cells in gonads
of gonochoristic animals. Its occurrence is widespread and reports on its presence in the …

In the present study, we have investigated the endocrine disruptive effects of waterborne di-
(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP: 0 (control), 10, 100, 200 and 400 μg/L) on juvenile Clarias …

Clinical and experimental evidence shows that estrogens affect immunity in mammals. Less
is known about this interaction in the evolutionary older, non-mammalian, vertebrates. Fish …

Effects on fish reproduction can result from a variety of toxicity mechanisms first operating at
the molecular level. Notably, the presence in the environment of some compounds termed …

There is growing evidence that neuroendocrine circuits controlling development and
reproduction are targeted by EDCs. We have previously demonstrated that low …