Adverse effects on sexual development in rat offspring after low dose exposure to a mixture of endocrine disrupting pesticides
Publication: Research - peer-review › Conference article – Annual report year: 2012
The present study investigated whether a mixture of low doses of five environmentally relevant endocrine disrupting pesticides, epoxiconazole, mancozeb, prochloraz, tebuconazole and procymidone, would cause adverse developmental toxicity effects in rats. In rat dams, a significant increase in gestation length was seen, while in male offspring increased nipple retention and increased incidence and severity of genital malformations were observed. Severe mixture effects on gestation length, nipple retention and genital malformations were seen at dose levels where the individual pesticides caused no or smaller effects when given alone. Generally, the mixture effect predictions based on dose-additivity were in good agreement with the observed effects. The results indicate that there is a need for modification of risk assessment procedures for pesticides, in order to take account of the mixture effects and cumulative intake, because of the potentially serious impact of mixed exposure on development and reproduction in humans.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Reproductive Toxicology |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Journal number | 2 |
| Pages | 261-274 |
| ISSN | 0890-6238 |
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| State | Published |
Conference
| Conference | 40th Annual Conference of the European Teratology Society |
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| Number | 40 |
| Country | Austria |
| City | Linz |
| Period | 02-09-12 → 05-09-12 |
| Internet address | http://www.etsoc.com/annual_meetings |
| Citations | Web of Science® Times Cited: 2 |
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Keywords
- Epoxiconazole, Mancozeb, Prochloraz, Tebuconazole, Procymidone, Rat, Mixture, Developmental, Endocrine disrupter, Nipple retention
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