Agrochemicals in freshwater systems and their potential as endocrine disrupting chemicals: A South African context

Chronic exposure of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to flutolanil leads to endocrine disruption and reproductive disorders

(2020) Miaomiao Teng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Organochlorine pesticides: Agrochemicals with potent endocrine-disrupting properties in fish

(2020) Christopher J. Martyniuk et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Occurrence, impacts and general aspects of pesticides in surface water: A review

(2020) Renata Mariane de Souza et al.   PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Occurrence of selected endocrine disrupting compounds in the eastern cape province of South Africa

(2020) Adebayo I. Farounbi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Impact of Potential COVID‐19 Treatment on South African Water Sources Already Threatened by Pharmaceutical Pollution

(2020) Suranie Horn et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Relationship between agrochemical compounds and mammary gland development and breast cancer

(2020) Laura Kass et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Investigating (anti)estrogenic activities within South African wastewater and receiving surface waters: Implication for reliable monitoring

(2020) Edward Archer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The first report of selected herbicides and fungicides in water and fish from a highly utilized and polluted freshwater urban impoundment

(2020) Irene Barnhoorn et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Presence and risk assessment of herbicides in the marine environment of Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa)

(2020) Cecilia Y. Ojemaye et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: An Occult Mediator of Metabolic Disease

(2019) Olga Papalou et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Evaluation of organochlorinated pesticide (OCP) residues in soil, sediment and water from the Msunduzi River in South Africa

(2019) Gbadebo Clement Adeyinka et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

A review of environmental and health effects of organochlorine pesticide residues in Africa

(2019) Adewale Matthew Taiwo   CHEMOSPHERE

Occurrences, levels and risk assessment studies of emerging pollutants (pharmaceuticals, perfluoroalkyl and endocrine disrupting compounds) in fish samples from Kalk Bay harbour, South Africa

(2019) Cecilia Y. Ojemaye et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Evidence of impacts from DDT in pelican, cormorant, stork, and egret eggs from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2019) H. Bouwman et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Insight into the confusion over surfactant co-formulants in glyphosate-based herbicides

(2019) Robin Mesnage et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Organophosphorus pesticide triazophos: A new endocrine disruptor chemical of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis

(2019) Fang-Wei Yang et al.   PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Cardiotoxicity in African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) sub-chronically exposed to environmentally relevant atrazine concentrations: Implications for species survival

(2019) Jaclyn Asouzu Johnson et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Decadal epidemiology of malaria in KwaZulu-Natal, a province in South Africa targeting elimination

(2019) Rajendra Maharaj et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants and their trophic transfer through the food web: Human health risks to the rural communities reliant on fish from South Africa's largest floodplain

(2019) C.M. Volschenk et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A curated knowledgebase on endocrine disrupting chemicals and their biological systems-level perturbations

(2019) Bagavathy Shanmugam Karthikeyan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Pesticides in the urban environment: A potential threat that knocks at the door

(2019) Islam Md Meftaul et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Exposure to organochlorine pesticides and the risk of type 2 diabetes in the population of East China

(2019) Xu Han et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Combined anti-androgenic effects of mixtures of agricultural pesticides using in vitro and in silico methods

(2019) Mengmeng Ma et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Monitoring of organic pollutants in Choromytilus meridionalis and Mytilus galloprovincialis from aquaculture facilities in Saldanha Bay, South Africa

(2019) D.C. Firth et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in fresh fish carcasses from selected estuaries in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, and the associated health risk assessment

(2019) Chijioke Olisah et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Mechanisms of action of agrochemicals acting as endocrine disrupting chemicals

(2019) Genoa R. Warner et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Chlormequat chloride promotes rat embryonic growth and GH-IGF-1 axis

(2019) Bayindala Xiagedeer et al.   TOXICOLOGY

Effects of environmentally relevant sub-chronic atrazine concentrations on African clawed frog ( Xenopus laevis ) survival, growth and male gonad development

(2018) Cornelius Rimayi et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Estrogenic and anti-androgenic effects of the herbicide tebuthiuron in male Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus )

(2018) Milena Devechi de Almeida et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Prenatal organochlorine pesticide exposure and the disruption of steroids and reproductive hormones in cord blood: The Hokkaido study

(2018) Atsuko Araki et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Potential impact of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid on human and ecosystems

(2018) Faisal Islam et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Nitrate: An Environmental Endocrine Disruptor? A Review of Evidence and Research Needs

(2018) Rikke Poulsen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Bioaccumulation and risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides in fish from a global biodiversity hotspot: iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa

(2018) Archibold Buah-Kwofie et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Seasonal variation of chloro-s-triazines in the Hartbeespoort Dam catchment, South Africa

(2018) Cornelius Rimayi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Fish consumption from urban impoundments: What are the health risks associated with DDTs and other organochlorine pesticides in fish to township residents of a major inland city

(2018) Wihan Pheiffer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Analysis of endocrine activity in drinking water, surface water and treated wastewater from six countries

(2018) Frederic D.L. Leusch et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Accumulation of organochlorine pesticides in reef organisms from marginal coral reefs in South Africa and links with coastal groundwater

(2018) Sean N. Porter et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Endocrine Disruptors and Health Effects in Africa: A Call for Action

(2017) Maria S. Bornman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

The distribution of organochlorine pesticides in sediments from iSimangaliso Wetland Park: Ecological risks and implications for conservation in a biodiversity hotspot

(2017) Archibold Buah-Kwofie et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Determination of endocrine disrupting chemicals and antiretroviral compounds in surface water: A disposable sorptive sampler with comprehensive gas chromatography – Time-of-flight mass spectrometry and large volume injection with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

(2017) Madelien Wooding et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Persistent organic pollutants in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa: Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer through a subtropical aquatic food web

(2017) Vera Verhaert et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrences of Organochlorine Pesticides along the Course of the Buffalo River in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and Its Health Implications

(2017) Abdulrazaq Yahaya et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Glyphosate Residues in Groundwater, Drinking Water and Urine of Subsistence Farmers from Intensive Agriculture Localities: A Survey in Hopelchén, Campeche, Mexico

(2017) Jaime Rendon-von Osten et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

From silent spring to silent night: Agrochemicals and the anthropocene

(2017) Tyrone B. Hayes et al.   Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene

Developmental alterations and endocrine-disruptive responses in farmed Nile crocodiles ( Crocodylus niloticus ) exposed to contaminants from the Crocodile River, South Africa

(2016) Augustine Arukwe et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

PPARα-dependent cholesterol/testosterone disruption in Leydig cells mediates 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid-induced testicular toxicity in mice

(2016) Yukiko Harada et al.   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

DDT exposure of frogs: A case study from Limpopo Province, South Africa

(2016) Ignatius M. Viljoen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Spatial and temporal variation of invertebrate community structure in flood-controlled tropical floodplain wetlands

(2016) Trevor Dube et al.   JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY

Organotin compounds cause structure-dependent induction of progesterone in human choriocarcinoma Jar cells

(2016) Youhei Hiromori et al.   JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Effects of environmental endocrine disruptors, including insecticides used for malaria vector control on reproductive parameters of male rats

(2016) Sean M. Patrick et al.   REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY

An In Vitro and In Vivo Assessment of Endocrine Disruptive Activity in a Major South African River

(2016) Johannes C. Truter et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

An embryonic atrazine exposure results in reproductive dysfunction in adult zebrafish and morphological alterations in their offspring

(2016) Sara E. Wirbisky et al.   Scientific Reports

In vitroscreening for endocrine disruptive activity in selected South African harbours and river mouths

(2015) JC Truter et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Organochlorine pesticide levels in Clarias gariepinus from polluted freshwater impoundments in South Africa and associated human health risks

(2015) I.E.J. Barnhoorn et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

EDC-2: The Endocrine Society's Second Scientific Statement on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

(2015) A. C. Gore et al.   ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

Application of a Sediment Quality Index for the assessment and monitoring of metals and organochlorines in a premier conservation area

(2015) Ruan Gerber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Novel trophic cascades: apex predators enable coexistence

(2015) Arian D. Wallach et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Chlorinated, brominated, and fluorinated organic pollutants in Nile crocodile eggs from the Kruger National Park, South Africa

(2014) Hindrik Bouwman et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Chemicals having estrogenic activity can be released from some bisphenol a-free, hard and clear, thermoplastic resins

(2014) George D Bittner et al.   Environmental Health

Development and field validation of an indicator to assess the relative mobility and risk of pesticides in the Lourens River catchment, South Africa

(2013) James Michael Dabrowski et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

DDT residue contamination in sediments from Lake Sibaya in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for conservation in a World Heritage Site

(2013) Marc S. Humphries   CHEMOSPHERE

Derivation of South African water quality guidelines for Roundup® using species sensitivity distribution

(2013) Paul K. Mensah et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Prioritizing agricultural pesticides used in South Africa based on their environmental mobility and potential human health effects

(2013) James Michael Dabrowski et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

The herbicide glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA in the Lavaux vineyard area, western Switzerland: Proof of widespread export to surface waters. Part I: Method validation in different water matrices

(2013) Silwan Daouk et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B-PESTICIDES FOOD CONTAMINANTS AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES

Residency, Habitat Use and Sexual Segregation of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias in False Bay, South Africa

(2013) Alison Kock et al.   PLoS One

Environmental monitoring of pesticide residues from farms at a neighbouring primary and pre-school in the Western Cape in South Africa

(2013) M.A. Dalvie et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Pesticides in South African fresh waters

(2012) TM Ansara-Ross et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC SCIENCE

The use of the urogenital papillae of male feral African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) as indicator of exposure to estrogenic chemicals in two polluted dams in an urban nature reserve, Gauteng, South Africa

(2012) Taneshka Kruger et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Using growth measures in the freshwater shrimp Caridina nilotica as biomarkers of Roundup® pollution of South African freshwater systems

(2012) P.K. Mensah et al.   PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH

Persistent developmental toxicity in rat offspring after low dose exposure to a mixture of endocrine disrupting pesticides

(2012) Pernille Rosenskjold Jacobsen et al.   REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY

Effect of Endocrine Disruptor Pesticides: A Review

(2011) Wissem Mnif et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Pesticide Exposure, Safety Issues, and Risk Assessment Indicators

(2011) Christos A. Damalas et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Intersex in feral indigenous freshwater Oreochromis mossambicus, from various parts in the Luvuvhu River, Limpopo Province, South Africa

(2010) I.E.J. Barnhoorn et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

The implementation of a battery of in vivo and in vitro bioassays to assess river water for estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals

(2010) Johannes Cornelius Swart et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Changes in Retinol-Binding Protein Concentrations and Thyroid Homeostasis with Nonoccupational Exposure to DDT

(2010) Rhena Delport et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Testicular microlithiasis and neoplastic lesions in wild eland (Tragelaphus oryx): Possible effects of exposure to environmental pollutants?

(2010) M.S. Bornman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Atrazine induces complete feminization and chemical castration in male African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis)

(2010) T. B. Hayes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distribution profiles of selected organic pollutants in soils and sediments of industrial, residential and agricultural areas of South Africa

(2009) Laura Quinn et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Developmental Exposure to Chlorpyrifos Induces Alterations in Thyroid and Thyroid Hormone Levels Without Other Toxicity Signs in Cd1 Mice

(2009) Simona De Angelis et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Preliminary assessment of oestrogenic activity in water sources in Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa

(2008) NH Aneck-Hahn et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC SCIENCE

Microsomal cytochrome P450-3A4 (CYP3A4) nanobiosensor for the determination of 2,4-dichlorophenol—An endocrine disruptor compound

(2008) Nicolette R. Hendricks et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Adult and children's exposure to 2,4-D from multiple sources and pathways

(2008) Marsha K Morgan et al.   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology