Industrial wastewaters and urban discharges contain complex mixtures of chemicals
capable of impacting reproductive performance in freshwater fish, called endocrine …

A wide range of environmental pollutants commonly termed endocrine disrupters (ED) can
mimic steroid hormones causing adverse health effects. Recent studies showed that …

Alkylphenols (APs) and AP ethoxylates are environmental contaminants with endocrine
disrupting activities in wildlife and humans. They have been largely used in industrial …

The adverse effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on aquatic wildlife and
human health represent a current issue of high public concern. Even so, they are still poorly …

Waterborne 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) alters hormone-mediated biological indicators in fish.
These alterations include increased plasma vitellogenin, increased intersex individuals …

The present work describes a field survey aiming at assessing the impact of a sewage
treatment plant (STP) effluent on fish health by means of biomarkers. Indigenous fish were …

While the presence of steroid estrogens in the environment has become a major
environmental and health concern, their occurrence in coastal sediments remains poorly …

Sewage treatment plants are frequently associated with the release of xenobiotics and,
consequently, with alterations of the reproductive function induced by many of these …

To investigate the population-level effects of exposure to environmental endocrine
disrupters, a mesocosm-scale study was carried out in which the reproductive performance …

Adult Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, of both sexes were exposed in wastewater from a
sewage treatment plant for a period of 4 days. Gill samples were collected after 24, 48, 72 …