This report presents preliminary data from a study of endocrine disruption in adolescence. A delayed non-match to sample (DNMS) task was used to assess the effects of the endocrine-active agent methoxychlor (MXC; 0, 25, or 50 mg/kg/day oral administration) in adolescent female monkeys 24-36 months of age (n=7-8/group). The testing utilized an automated touchscreen operant system (Cambridge Neur...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present project was to assess population exposure to pesticides in the vicinity of pesticide dump sites and make a preliminary evaluation of the potential health hazards to humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS Of the 286 pesticide dump sites registered in Poland, 40 were selected as the largest source of ecological hazard. The application of the Hazard Ranking System made i...

The paper concern is determination of eight pesticides in food products samples. The target compounds are: Lindane, Heptachlor, Aldrin, o,p-DDE, Dieldrin, Endrin, p,p’-DDT, and Methoxychlor. The compounds quantities were performed from chromatographic area obtained in full scan GC/MS mode after baseline separation and by comparation with surrogate internal standard area (Diphenylamine). The sam...