H4IIE Hepatoma Cell Bioassay-Derived 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin Equivalents in Colonial Fish-Eating Waterbird Eggs from the Great Lakes

摘要

Fish-eating waterbirds from the Great Lakes of North America have shown symptoms of poisoning similar to those observed in laboratory exposures of various avian species to planar halogenated hydrocarbons(PHHs). PHHs, include among others, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and have been implicated in some of the reproductive problems of Great Lakes waterbirds.