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Title: New yeast study finds strength in numbers

Abstract

This article reports on the debate about whether the modern industrial society is producing hormonelike pollutants that can interfere with human reproductions, including pesticides, the plastic ingredient bisphenol-A and some polychlorinated biphenyls. A recent article has added fuel to the debate by presenting results that indicate a mixture of two weakly estrogenic chemicals can be far more potent than individual compounds, using a screening system based on genetically engineered yeast cells. The debate may need to be taken into account by a USEPA advisory panel now being formed to come up with in vitro tests to screen for environmental estrogens.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
263046
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 272; Journal Issue: 5267; Other Information: PBD: 7 Jun 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; MAN; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS; POLLUTANTS; SYNERGISM; ESTROGENS

Citation Formats

Kaiser, J. New yeast study finds strength in numbers. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.1126/science.272.5267.1418.
Kaiser, J. New yeast study finds strength in numbers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.272.5267.1418
Kaiser, J. 1996. "New yeast study finds strength in numbers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.272.5267.1418.
@article{osti_263046,
title = {New yeast study finds strength in numbers},
author = {Kaiser, J},
abstractNote = {This article reports on the debate about whether the modern industrial society is producing hormonelike pollutants that can interfere with human reproductions, including pesticides, the plastic ingredient bisphenol-A and some polychlorinated biphenyls. A recent article has added fuel to the debate by presenting results that indicate a mixture of two weakly estrogenic chemicals can be far more potent than individual compounds, using a screening system based on genetically engineered yeast cells. The debate may need to be taken into account by a USEPA advisory panel now being formed to come up with in vitro tests to screen for environmental estrogens.},
doi = {10.1126/science.272.5267.1418},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/263046}, journal = {Science},
number = 5267,
volume = 272,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Fri Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
}