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- noun A
fungicide used invineyards , known to be anendocrine disruptor .
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In a startling experiment published in 2005, scientist Michael Skinner exposed a pregnant rat to two commonly used industrial chemicals: vinclozolin, a fungicide, and methoxychlor, an insecticide.
Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010
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A variety of chemicals including DDT and DDE (an organochlorine pesticide and its breakdown product), tributyltin (used in the past as a marine antifouling agent), and vinclozolin (a fungicide that in the past was used on many fruits, vegetables and ornamentals) have been found to disrupt the endocrine systems of animals in laboratory studies.
Endocrine disruption 2008
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Suzuki H, Skinner MK (2004) Effect of the anti-androgenic endocrine disruptor vinclozolin on embryonic testis cord formation and postnatal testis development and function.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Adam T. Szafran et al. 2008
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Wong C, Kelce WR, Sar M, Wilson EM (1995) Androgen receptor antagonist versus agonist activities of the fungicide vinclozolin relative to hydroxyflutamide.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Adam T. Szafran et al. 2008
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Memon MA, Uzumcu M, Skinner MK (2006) Transgenerational effect of the endocrine disruptor vinclozolin on male spermatogenesis.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Adam T. Szafran et al. 2008
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