A wide range of environmental contaminants can interfere with hormonal regulation in
vertebrates. These endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are of high relevance for human …

The influence of salinity on toxicity outcomes has been demonstrated for various
contaminants, but has received limited attention for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) …

The use of progestins has resulted in contamination of aquatic environments and some
progestins have in experimental studies been shown to impair reproduction in fish and …

Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), a widely used plasticizer in the plastic industry, affects regulation
of the endocrine system and causes toxicity in animals. In the present study, we evaluated a …

Synthetic steroid hormones from contraceptive pharmaceuticals have become global
aquatic contaminants. Progestins, the synthetic analogs to progesterone, are receiving …

Atrazine (ATR) and glyphosate (GLY) are among the most widely used herbicides in
Canada, yet there is relatively little information concerning their toxicity to early life stages of …

Over the past 15 years considerable attention has been given to the presence in the
environment of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that may have harmful effects on …

We have previously developed a novel in vitro assay that utilises cultures of primed female
stickleback kidney cells for the screening of potential androgenic and anti-androgenic …

The three-spined stickleback, a small teleost species with habitats that range from full
marine to fresh water bodies across the whole Northern hemisphere, has a number of …

Exposures to environmental concentrations of endocrine disrupting compounds are now a
known threat to both human and ecological health [1, 2]. A large body of work has …