Biomonitoring organotin pollution with gastropods and mussels

The effects of organotin on female gastropods.

Female masculinisation (FM) in gastropods (imposex, intersex and ovo-testis) has been documented in > 260 species globally. Biomonitoring studies use FM to indirectly assess the presence of tributyltin (TBT), a once popular biocide in antifouling paint, which has since been regulated. Laboratory studies confirm that FM in gastropods can be induced not only by TBT, but other tin (Sn) compounds, ...

Contamination by organotin(tributyltin and triphenyltin) compounds from antifouling paints and endocrine disruption in marine gastropods

The third countrywide survey on imposex and organotin contamination in the rock shell was conducted in 93 locations along the Japan coast between September 1996 and January 1999. The percentage occurrence of imposex was still high in 86 locations whereas no or rare instances of imposex were found in the remaining seven locations. Severe imposex symptoms were observed in the rock shell populatio...

Drug metabolizing enzymes of mussels as bioindicators of chemical pollution.

The GSTs of M. edulis provide an easily assayed activity which would be expected to respond to changes in pollution status. The main GST and a related GSH-binding protein have been purified and biochemically characterized. The former protein is most similar to the Pi class while the latter is a catalytically inactive monomer which appears to be related to the Mu class. This enzyme activity has ...

Biomonitoring of Air Pollution with Zinc in Croatia Studied by Moss Samples and Icp-aes

the past hospitalization and its association with suicide attempts and ideation in patients with mdd and comparison with bmd (depressed type) group

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