Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) as emerging contaminants have accumulated in
the aquatic environment at concentration levels that have been determined to be significant …

Despite the fact that metabolites of alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEO) are classified as
hazardous substances, they continue to be released into the environment from a variety of …

Phthalates are chemicals widely used in industry and the consequences for human health
caused by exposure to these agents are of significant current interest. Phthalate toxicity …

Atrazine is the most commonly used herbicide in the United States and probably the world.
Atrazine contamination is widespread and can be present in excess of 1.0 ppb even in …

There has been increasing concern in recent years about the occurrence, fate and toxicity of
pharmaceutical products in the aquatic environment. Many of the more commonly used drug …

Atrazine is the most commonly used herbicide in the United States and probably in the
world. Here we investigate the effects of exposure to water-borne atrazine contamination on …

The possibility that exposures to environmental agents are associated with reproductive
disorders in human populations has generated much public interest recently. Phthalate …

Background Inorganic arsenic is a major water pollutant and a known human carcinogen
that has a suppressive influence on spermatogenesis and androgenesis in male …

Apoptosis is characterized by a variety of changes resulting in the recognition and
phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. Caspases (cysteinyl aspartate‐specific proteinases) play a …

The rapid rise in natural gas extraction using hydraulic fracturing increases the potential for
contamination of surface and ground water from chemicals used throughout the process …