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In order to manage fish and wildlife populations for the American people, the Fish and Wildlife Service addresses the risks and effects of industrial organic pollutants, metals and pesticides, including those that may possess endocrine activity, on the natural resources of the country. Links: DEQ News and Activities. November 29, 2006. Assessing Endocrine Disruption in Bass in the Potomac River Watershed. (includes links to KARE 11 Minneapolis/Saint Paul video clip on intersex fish in the Mississippi River and The Washington Post article - "Male Bass across Region found to be Bearing Eggs".) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Pacific Region: Endocrine Disruptors U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Chesapeake Bay Field Office:
U.S. Geological Survey: Oversight Hearing on "Ova-Pollution in the Potomac: Egg-Bearing Male Bass and Implications for Human and Ecological Health". Statement of Mark Myers, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior Before the House Committee on Government Reform. October 4, 2006 Center for Bioenvironmental Research of Tulane and Xavier Universities New Orleans, Louisiana: E.Hormones...Your Gateway to the Environment and Hormones... National Academy of Science Report: Read and Order Information- Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment - July 1999 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Endocrine Disrupter Testing and Assessment Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - Books on Endocrine Disruption U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program - Pesticide National Synthesis Project US Geological Survey. Report on the potential for endocrine disruption in common carp from streams throughout the United States (1) Environmental Health Perspectives 103:83-87, 1995. Endocrinology 147 (6) Supplement S11-S17, 2006. |
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