Bifenilos policlorados y disrupción endocrina en la fauna salvaje/Polychlorinated biphenyls and endocrine disruption in wildlife

Polychlorinated biphenyls are a broad family of persistent environmental pollutants of enormous environmental significance, because despite being prohibited, they are still found in alarming concentrations in the environment, enough to trigger environmental biomonitoring programs. Associated to this...

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Published in:Observatorio medioambiental 2016-01, Vol.19, p.91
Main Authors: Hernández-Moreno, David, Míguez-Santiyán, María P, Oropesa-Jiménez, Ana L, Soler-Rodríguez, Francisco, van Wyk, J H, Pérez-López, Marcos
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Environmental protection
PCB
Pollutants
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Studies
Wildlife
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Summary:Polychlorinated biphenyls are a broad family of persistent environmental pollutants of enormous environmental significance, because despite being prohibited, they are still found in alarming concentrations in the environment, enough to trigger environmental biomonitoring programs. Associated to this need to continue identifying and quantifying them, their potential effect as endocrine disruptors is of great relevance, being an important issue from the point of view of the reproduction of wildlife species. In fact, in the last two decades, the scientific community interest about investigating the alterations in the functioning of the endocrine system of vertebrates and invertebrates because of exposure to chemicals has increased. In short, the present review summarizes current date knowledge on polychlorinated biphenyls quantified in wildlife, and their main effects on reproduction.
ISSN:1139-1987
1988-3277
DOI:10.5209/OBMD.54160