Pesticides: How Research Has Succeeded and Failed to Translate Science into Policy: Endocrinological Effects on Wildlife

Colborn, Theo

doi:10.2307/3432353

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“…Le concept de « perturbateur endocrinien » a vu le jour au début des années 1990 à la suite de la conférence de Winspread 2 [6]. Des chercheurs travaillant dans deux champs disciplinaires jusqu'alors distincts, l'écotoxicologie et l'endocrinologie, ont, au cours de cette conférence, confronté leurs données et ont ainsi identifié des molécules capables d'interférer à la fois sur la santé humaine et sur l'environnement.…”

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La sphère orale, cible et marqueur de l’exposition environnementale

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La cavité buccale est l’une des voies majeures des contaminations environnementales connues pour être impliquées dans de nombreuses pathologies chroniques (cancers, troubles de la fertilité et du comportement) via l’alimentation, les médications ou même la respiration. Ces facteurs environnementaux incluant, entre autres, des perturbateurs endocriniens et le fluor en excès, peuvent perturber le développement dentaire et ainsi générer des défauts irréversibles de l’émail. Ces défauts sont alors traités avec des matériaux dont certains libèrent des molécules capables à leur tour de générer ces défauts, conduisant à un cercle vicieux, notamment chez la femme enceinte et le jeune enfant. Cette synthèse fait le point sur l’état des connaissances, les questions et controverses sur les facteurs environnementaux courants susceptibles d’entrer en contact avec la sphère orale, leurs mécanismes d’actions et les médiateurs impliqués dans les pathologies de l’émail associées aux conditions environnementales.

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“…Although they play an important role in food production and the control of vector-borne diseases, pesticides are toxic by design and are produced and released intentionally into the environment (Colborn, 1995; Weiss et al, 2004). Whether pesticides are meant to kill weeds (herbicides), insects (insecticides), rodents (rodenticides), or any other organism, humans are not impervious to the properties that render them toxic.…”

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Environmental Toxicants and Developmental Disabilities: A Challenge for Psychologists.

Koger¹,

Schettler²,

Weiss³

2005

American Psychologist

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Developmental, learning, and behavioral disabilities are a significant public health problem. Environmental chemicals can interfere with brain development during critical periods, thereby impacting sensory, motor, and cognitive function. Because regulation in the United States is based on limited testing protocols and essentially requires proof of harm rather than proof of lack of harm, some undefined fraction of these disabilities may reflect adverse impacts of this "vast toxicological experiment" (H. L. Needleman, as quoted in B. Weiss & P. J. Landrigan, 2000, p. 373). Yet the hazards of environmental pollutants are inherently preventable. Psychologists can help prevent developmental disabilities by mobilizing and affecting public policy, educating and informing consumers, contributing to interdisciplinary research efforts, and taking action within their own homes and communities to reduce the toxic threat to children.

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“…Pesticide residues, especially in animal fat, are an important source of exposure to humans, and organochlorine pesticide residues have been found in human fat and breast-milk (Harris et al, 2001). There is much evidence linking organochlorine insecticide exposure to endocrine disrupting effects on wild-life, including thinning of eggshells, damage to the male reproductive system, and behavioural changes such as same sex nesting (Colburn, 1995;LeBlanc, 1995). Resistant lipophilic pesticides that do not bind to the soil enter watercourses and can accumulate in the aquatic food chain.…”

Section: Pesticidesmentioning

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Chemicals in the environment: implications for global sustainability

Plant¹,

Korre²,

Reeder³

et al. 2005

Applied Earth Science

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The impact of chemicals on the environment and human health is a cause of increasing concern. Although many studies continue to be carried out on this subject, most address only individual chemicals or particular groups of chemicals, such as metals or radioactive substances. In this paper, we consider the availability of data and knowledge about potentially harmful chemicals from the national to international scale and suggest a strategy to help prevent chemical pollution or deficiencies damaging global sustainability into the 21st century. The main groups of chemicals considered are: (i) Potentially harmful inorganic elements such as As, Cd, Hg and Pb known to have adverse physiological effects at low levels, and elements and species such as Se, I and NO x that can be essential or harmful depending on their concentration, speciation and bioavailability. Chemical elements such as Ga, In and the PGEs that are increasingly used in the development of new materials, including nanotechnology applications, are also discussed briefly. (ii) Radioactive substances, including naturally occurring radioisotopes, such as 238 U and its decay products 226 Ra and 222 Rn, and processed materials, such as depleted uranium (DU), which affect the environment and human health because of their radiological and chemical toxicity. Data on isotopes from the nuclear industry, such as the relatively short-lived isotopes 137 Cs and 90 Sr, are also discussed, including from accidental releases such as Chernobyl in 1986. Isotopes with longer half-lives such as 243 Am and 240 Pu, which are important in the development of nuclear waste management strategies are also considered. (iii) Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) including many synthetic chemicals such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), flame retardants and their metabolites, which are characterised by their persistence, bioaccumulation (lipophilicity) and toxicity (PBT) properties. Other synthetic chemicals such as perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS), which have different bioaccumulation properties, are considered briefly.(iv) Human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, of which there is increasing evidence of their presence in the environment. These substances are of particular concern because many are designed to target specific biological receptors and hence can have potentially deleterious effects at exceptionally low concentrations. All these groups of chemicals include endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), capable of disrupting animal and human hormone systems (including sex and thyroid).Geochemical databases such as those prepared by the Forum of European Geological Surveys (FOREGS) and the British Geological Survey (BGS) provide systematic information on levels of inorganic chemicals in the environment. Similarly, airborne radiometric databases provide systematic information on the distribution of radioactive substances. Examples of such data are used to demonstrate how the distribution of chemicals in ...

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Pesticides: How Research Has Succeeded and Failed to Translate Science into Policy: Endocrinological Effects on Wildlife

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

La sphère orale, cible et marqueur de l’exposition environnementale

La sphère orale, cible et marqueur de l’exposition environnementale

Environmental Toxicants and Developmental Disabilities: A Challenge for Psychologists.

Chemicals in the environment: implications for global sustainability

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