Dredging is periodically required to keep channels and maneuvering basins open in many
ports around the world. However, the dredging of contaminated sediments may turn this …

In the beginning of the twenty first century, the International Program on Chemical Safety
published a document entitled Global Assessment of the State-Of-The-Science of Endocrine …

The contamination by antifouling biocide residues (booster biocides-diuron, Irgarol,
chlorothalonil, dichlofluanid and DCOIT; butyltin compounds-BTs (TBT, DBT and MBT); and …

Early life exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is an emerging risk factor for
development of complications later in life and in subsequent generations. We previously …

Organotins (OTs) are environmental contaminants used as biocides in antifouling paints that
have been shown to be endocrine disrupters. However, studies evaluating the effects of OTs …

Imposex affect shell growth in females as well as the reproduction of gastropod species
causing a reduction in sexual allocation and a consequent increase in somatic allocation …

Organotin compounds, such as tributyltin (TBT), are environment contaminants that induce
bioaccumulation and have potential toxic effects on marine species and mammals. TBT …

Imposex responses were comparatively assessed in Thaisella chocolata and Xanthochorus
buxeus, in sites previously studied regarding TBT contamination and under the influence of …

This study represents the first use of Leucozonia nassa (Mollusca-Gastropoda) in a program
of long-term monitoring. Specimens of L. nassa were collected between 2006 and 2014 and …

This study evaluates tributyltin (TBT) pollution on a spatial-temporal scale using imposex
occurrence in Stramonita brasiliensis in a coastal region of the southeast Brazil, between …