Reproductive toxins and alligator abnormalities at Lake Apopka, Florida

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作者：
Semenza, JC
Tolbert, PE
Rubin, CH
Guillette, LJ
Jackson, RJ
机构：
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Epidem Intelligence Serv, Epidemiol Program Off, Atlanta, GA 30341 USA
[2] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Ctr Environm Hlth, Atlanta, GA 30341 USA
[3] Emory Univ, Rollins Sch Publ Hlth, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
[4] Univ Florida, Dept Zool, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
来源：
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES | 1997年 / 105卷 / 10期
关键词：
alligator; DBCP; DDT; EDB; environmental estrogen; nematocides; pesticides; reptile;
D O I：
10.2307/3433835
中图分类号：
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号：
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要：
The alligator population at Lake Apopka in central Florida declined dramatically between 1980 and 1987. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and specifically DDT metabolites have been implicated in the alligators' reproductive failure. The DDT metabolite hypothesis is based largely on the observation of elevated concentrations of p,p-DDE and p,p-DDD in alligator eggs obtained from Lake Apopka in 1984 and 1985. In the following commmtary, we draw attention to two nematocides that are established reproductive toxins in humans, dibromochloropropane (DBCP) and ethylene dibromide (EDB), which could also have played a role in the reproductive failure observed in alligators from Lake Apopka in the early 1980s.
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页码：1030 / 1032
页数：3
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