Comments on Niemuth, N.J. and Klaper, R.D. 2015. Emerging wastewater contaminant metformin causes intersex and reduced fecundity in fish. Chemosphere 135, 38-45

Chemosphere. 2016 Dec:165:566-569. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.049. Epub 2016 Aug 24.

Authors

John P Sumpter¹, Alexander P Scott², Ioanna Katsiadaki²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom. Electronic address: john.sumpter@brunel.ac.uk.
² Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth Laboratories, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8UB, United Kingdom.

PMID: 27567097
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.049

No abstract available

Keywords: Fish; Metformin; Repeatability; Reproduction.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Disorders of Sex Development
Fertility
Fishes
Metformin*
Reproduction
Wastewater*
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis

Substances

Waste Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Metformin