Toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for humans and wildlife.

M Van den Berg, L Birnbaum, AT Bosveld… - Environmental …, 1998 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
An expert meeting was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and held in
Stockholm on 15-18 June 1997. The objective of this meeting was to derive consensus toxic …

Endocrine disruption in wildlife: a critical review of the evidence

CR Tyler, S Jobling, JP Sumpter - Critical reviews in toxicology, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, a number of man-made chemicals have been shown to be able to mimic
endogenous hormones, and it has been hypothesized that alterations in the normal pattern …

Dioxin-like and non-dioxin-like toxic effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): implications for risk assessment

JP Giesy, K Kannan - Critical reviews in toxicology, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic contaminants in
the environment. Individual PCB congeners exhibit different phy sicochemical properties …

Fluorinated alkyl surfactants

MM Schultz, DF Barofsky, JA Field - Environmental engineering …, 2003 - liebertpub.com
Fluorinated alkyl substances, which include perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), constitute a
diverse class of chemicals that occur in a wide range of products. Concern about the …

Toxicity reference values for the toxic effects of polychlorinated biphenyls to aquatic mammals

K Kannan, AL Blankenship, PD Jones… - Human and Ecological …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Threshold tissue residue concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 2, 3, 7, 8-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents (TEQs) were derived from the published results of …

Stepping backward to improve assessment of PCB congener toxicities.

LG Hansen - Environmental Health Perspectives, 1998 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous global contaminants that have been
intensively investigated for three decades. They are broad-acting toxicants occurring in …

Bioanalytical screening methods for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds—a review of bioassay/biomarker technology

PA Behnisch, K Hosoe, S Sakai - Environment International, 2001 - Elsevier
Determination of environmental pollutants utilizing biodetectors such as bioassays,
biomarkers, enzyme immunoassays (EIAs), or other bioanalytical tools is a continuously …

Derivation and application of relative potency estimates based on in vitro bioassay results

DL Villeneuve, AL Blankenship… - … and Chemistry: An …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Relative potency (REP) estimates are widely used to characterize and compare the potency
of a wide variety of samples analyzed using in vitro bioassays. Relative potency estimates …

Overview of a workshop on screening methods for detecting potential (anti‐) estrogenic/androgenic chemicals in wildlife

G Ankley, E Mihaich, R Stahl, D Tillitt… - … and Chemistry: An …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The US Congress has passed legislation requiring the US Environmental Protection Agency
(US EPA) to develop, validate, and implement screening tests for identifying potential …

The role of DDE, PCB, coplanar PCB and eggshell parameters for reproduction in the white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in Sweden

B Helander, A Olsson, A Bignert, L Asplund, K Litzén - Ambio, 2002 - JSTOR
The reproduction of white-tailed sea eagles was monitored in 1964-1999 in 3 differently
contaminated sub-populations: Baltic Sea coast (Bp), inland central Sweden (lp) and …