1.01 FTZ-MitarbeiterInnen (2011)

Diverse Schadstoffe, darunter PCB, PBDE und TBT, stehen im Verdacht endokrin wirksam zu sein, z.B. indem sie zu Störungen des Hormonstoffwechsels in der Schilddrüse führen (BROUWER et al. 1989, WATERMAN et al. 2003).

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1.02 Bergmann, A. & Olsson, M. (1985)

"Contaminants like organochlorines could also have an impact on the health status, e.g. uterine stenoses and occlusions, benign uterine tumours, adrenocortical hyperplasia, hyperkeratosis, nail deformations and other lesions have been found in examined grey and ringed seals from the Baltic Sea.[...] The results lead to the suggestion that a disease complex exists, involving organochlorine interference with the endocrine system."

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