Effect of endocrine disruptor pesticides: a review

W Mnif, AIH Hassine, A Bouaziz, A Bartegi… - International journal of …, 2011 - mdpi.com
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are compounds that alter the normal functioning of
the endocrine system of both wildlife and humans. A huge number of chemicals have been …

Endocrine disrupting pesticides: implications for risk assessment

R McKinlay, JA Plant, JNB Bell, N Voulvoulis - Environment international, 2008 - Elsevier
Endocrine disrupting (ED) chemicals are compounds that alter the normal functioning of the
endocrine system, potentially causing disease or deformity in organisms and their offspring …

Pyrethroid pesticides as endocrine disruptors: molecular mechanisms in vertebrates with a focus on fishes

SM Brander, MK Gabler, NL Fowler… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Pyrethroids are now the fourth most used group of insecticides worldwide. Employed in
agriculture and in urban areas, they are detected in waterways at concentrations that are …

Estrogenic endocrine disruptors: Molecular mechanisms of action

R Kiyama, Y Wada-Kiyama - Environment International, 2015 - Elsevier
A comprehensive summary of more than 450 estrogenic chemicals including estrogenic
endocrine disruptors is provided here to understand the complex and profound impact of …

Synthesis, insecticidal activity, resistance, photodegradation and toxicity of pyrethroids (A review)

Q Zhu, Y Yang, Y Zhong, Z Lao, P O'Neill, D Hong… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyrethroids are a class of highly effective, broad-spectrum, less toxic, biodegradable
synthetic pesticides. However, despite the extremely wide application of pyrethroids, there …

[BOOK][B] Organic pollutants: an ecotoxicological perspective

CH Walker - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Difficult to measure accurately and deal with effectively, organic pollutants continue to be a
major hazard in the environment. Significantly expanded, the second edition of Organic …

Currently used pesticides and their mixtures affect the function of sex hormone receptors and aromatase enzyme activity

LS Kjeldsen, M Ghisari… - Toxicology and Applied …, 2013 - Elsevier
The endocrine-disrupting potential of pesticides is of health concern, since they are found
ubiquitously in the environment and in food items. We investigated in vitro effects on …

Pyrethroid insecticide metabolites are associated with serum hormone levels in adult men

JD Meeker, DB Barr, R Hauser - Reproductive Toxicology, 2009 - Elsevier
Experimental studies have reported that pyrethroid insecticides affect male endocrine and
reproductive function, but human data are limited. We recruited 161 men from an infertility …

Preparation of a novel sustained-release system for pyrethroids by using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) nanoparticle

W Meng, Z Tian, P Yao, X Fang, T Wu, J Cheng… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), especially nanoscale metal-organic
frameworks (NMOFs) have been arisen as potential platform for delivery and sustained …

Assessment of the health status of wild fish inhabiting a cotton basin heavily impacted by pesticides in Benin (West Africa)

PT Agbohessi, II Toko, A Ouédraogo, T Jauniaux… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
To determine the impact of agricultural pesticides used in cotton cultivation on the health
status of fish living in a Beninese cotton basin, we compared the reproductive and hepatic …