Abstract Background Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are ubiquitous substances
that are found in our everyday lives, including pesticides, plasticizers, pharmaceutical …

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) encompass an array of anthropogenic organic and
elemental substances and their degradation and metabolic byproducts that have been found …

The use of monosex fish is intrinsically desirable in a variety of fish species in a range of
aquaculture production systems. The potential advantages sought from their use may …

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) have been shown to produce changes in the
endocrine system of organisms that lead to increases in cancers and abnormalities in …

An increasing incidence of testicular cancer has been reported from several countries in the
Western world during the last decades. According to current hypothesis, testicular cancer is …

The toxic equivalency concept used for the risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) is based on the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)–mediated toxicity of coplanar …

A substantial body of scientific evidence indicates that exposures to common chemicals and
radiation, alone and in combination, are contributing to the increase in breast cancer …

Previous studies have shown that juvenile or adult exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) induces alterations in reproductive functions (eg, reduced fertilization rate) and …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their hydroxylated metabolites (OH-PCBs) are known
to bind to transthyretin (TTR) in vitro, possibly explaining their bioaccumulation, rodent …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and hydroxy-PCB (OH-PCB) metabolites are widely
distributed bioaccumulative environmental chemicals and have similar chemical structures …