Background fish feminization effects in European remote sites.
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SUBMITTER: Jarque S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4462152 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
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Background fish feminization effects in European remote sites.
Jarque Sergio S Quirós Laia L Grimalt Joan O JO Gallego Eva E Catalan Jordi J Lackner Reinhard R Piña Benjamin B
Scientific reports 20150610
Human activity has spread trace amounts of chemically stable endocrine-disrupting pollutants throughout the biosphere. These compounds have generated a background level of estrogenic activity that needs to be assessed. Fish are adequate sentinels for feminization effects as male specimens are more sensitive than humans to exogenous estrogenic compounds. High mountain lakes, the most distant environments of continental areas, only receive semi-volatile compounds from atmospheric deposition. We an ...[more]
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