Zebrafish (Danio rerio) has been a prominent model vertebrate in a variety of biological
disciplines. Substantial information gathered from developmental and genetic research …

Commercial polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and environmental extracts contain complex
mixtures of congeners that can be unequivocally identified and quantitated. Some PCB …

Passage of environmental chemicals across the placenta has important toxicological
consequences, as well as for choosing samples for analysis and for interpreting the results …

In the last decade advances in the analytic methods for quantification of polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) have resulted in widespread availability of congener-specific analysis …

Because prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and related contaminants
has been associated with reduced birth weight, neonatal behavioral anomalies, and poorer …

Many chemical pollutants have become ubiquitous in the environment, including some that
interfere with hormones and other physiological mechanisms. These 'endocrine-disrupting …

Objective: To study possible adverse effects of environmental exposure to polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCB) and dioxins on cognitive functioning in young children. Methods: In a follow …

Levels of the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a class of widely used flame
retardants, appear to be rising rapidly in human tissues, as evidenced by studies of human …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), environmental pollutants that concentrate in the fatty
tissue of predatory sports fish, cross the placenta in women exposed to ordinary dietary …

Accidental contamination of the Michigan food chain with polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
led to the exposure of more than 4,000 individuals in 1973. Because PBB exposure is …