Evidence for endocrine disruption in invertebrates.

Topic 4 . 2 Endocrine disruption in invertebrates *

Recent reports have shown that a number of xenobiotics in the environment are capable of interfering with the normal endocrine function in a variety of animals. The overwhelming majority of the studies on the effects of hormone-mimetic industrial chemicals were focused on findings in vertebrates. More detailed information about the effects on and mechanisms of action in invertebrates has only b...

Mysid crustaceans as standard models for the screening and testing of endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

Investigative efforts into the potential endocrine-disrupting effects of chemicals have mainly concentrated on vertebrates, with significantly less attention paid to understanding potential endocrine disruption in the invertebrates. Given that invertebrates account for at least 95% of all known animal species and are critical to ecosystem structure and function, it remains essential to close th...

Endocrine Disruption in Aquatic Invertebrates

Environmental endocrine disruption: an effects assessment and analysis.

This report is an overview of the current state of the science relative to environmental endocrine disruption in humans, laboratory testing, and wildlife species. Background information is presented on the field of endocrinology, the nature of hormones, and potential sites for endocrine disruption, with specific examples of chemicals affecting these sites. An attempt is made to present objectiv...

The seven year itch—progress in research on endocrine disruption in aquatic invertebrates since 1999

Since the issue of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) emerged, research efforts were mainly devoted to (1) vertebrate systems, and (2) estrogenic substances. In ecotoxicology, terrestrial wildlife populations (e.g. puma) were investigated, while in the aquatic environment fish and amphibians were in focus. That invertebrates, which constitute the major part of our animal biodiversity, were l...