Pollution of coastal areas play an important role in anthropocentric issues. Thus, several
analytical tools were developed and optimized in recent years aiming to improve the …

In the present study, levels of booster biocides (diuron, Irgarol, chlorothalonil, dichlofluanid
and DCOIT), butyltin compounds (TBT, DBT and MBT) and antifouling paint particles (APPs) …

Antifouling biocides in surface sediments and gastropod tissues were assessed for the first
time along coastal areas of Panama under the influence of maritime activities, including one …

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 …

Tributyltin (TBT) environmental concentrations as well as imposex levels have been
declining in several coastal areas worldwide. However, recent studies have shown that TBT …

Imposex is the superimposition of non-functional male sex organs in gastropod females.
This syndrome is a hormonal imbalance induced by tributyltin (TBT) which have been used …

Imposex in gastropods (Acanthina monodon, Oliva peruviana and Xanthochorus
cassidiformis), butyltin levels in surface sediments (Coquimbo and Concepcion) and tissues …

Organotin compounds are toxic substances released into the marine environment from
antifouling paints. Sixty-two years following their first application and 9 years after the …

Exposure to the antifouling tributyltin (TBT) has been related to imposex in mollusks and to
obesogenicity, adipogenesis and masculinization in fish. To understand the underlying …

Butyltin compounds (BTs) were used worldwide, especially because of their properties as
biocides. Due to its high toxicity, the use of tributyltin (TBT) in antifouling paints has been …