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Endocrine Disruption in Fish

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  • © 1998

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  1. David E. Kime

    1. University of Sheffield, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • David E. Kime
    Pages 1-13

  3. Sources of Aquatic Pollution

    • David E. Kime
    Pages 15-34

  4. Bioconcentration of Pollutants in Fish Tissue

    • David E. Kime
    Pages 35-79

  5. Introduction to Fish Reproduction

    • David E. Kime
    Pages 81-107

  6. Disruption of Hypothalamic and Pituitary Function

    • David E. Kime
    Pages 109-120

  7. Disruption of Male Reproductive Function

    • David E. Kime
    Pages 121-148

  8. Disruption of Female Reproductive Function

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    Pages 149-185

  9. Disruption in Eggs, Embryos, Larvae and Juvenile Fish

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    Pages 187-200

  10. Disruption of Liver Function

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    Pages 201-246

  11. Disruption of Thyroid and Interrenal Function

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    Pages 247-274

  12. The Fish-Wildlife-Human Connection

    • David E. Kime
    Pages 275-291

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 293-396
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The last half-century has shown a dramatic increase in the standard of living of millions of people in Europe, North America and many parts of the Third World. This has, in many ways been brought about by scientific and technical developments which were initiated in the 1940s and 1950s. Promises were then made that nuclear energy would provide electricity so cheap that it would not need metering, pesticides would end malnutrition throughout the world and plastics and other synthetic chemicals would revolutionise our manufacturing industry and our way of life. Whilst some of these promises have been fulfilled, the problems of long-term health risks to humans and wildlife arising from the use, production and disposal of these products were either unknown or deliberately understated. Nuclear power is rendered economically unviable when the real cost of decommissioning and storage of waste for several millenia is included, and the effects on health of both humans and wildlife of early pest eradication programmes with organochlorine pesticides were well documented in Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring". Evidence of the effects of aerosols and refrigerants on depletion of the ozone layer has led to restriction on the use of CFCs, and there is now increasing evidence of climate change resulting from our profligate use of fossil fuels.

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  • University of Sheffield, UK

    David E. Kime

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