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Under the Congressional Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of 1990, the health departments of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan formed a consortium to assess PCB and DDE exposure risks and reproductive effects of contaminated Great Lakes Sport-Caught Fish (GLSCF) consumption.
It is possible that some chemical, or combination of chemicals, other than PCBs in the fish could lead to the changes in sex ratio we found, although this may be less likely given the specificity of our results for serum PCB and not DDE.
fingerprint MCP-2, Bfa I, Hinf I, Rsa I, Dpn I, Dde I, Alu I) CTAGN 177-181 GANTCN 90-94 GTACN 3-7 GATCN 41-45 CTNAGN 123-127 AGCT were derived from the restriction fingerprints.
Contamination of the Great Lakes has led to the bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish, particularly the larger predator species prized by sport-fishers [ 1 2 3 ] . These compounds are synthetic organochlorines (OC) that, along with dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethene (DDE), comprise the bulk of OC residues found in human tissues [ 4 ] , and some of the highest body burdens of PCBs in humans are found among fish consumers [ 5 6 7 8 ] . Consumption of these contaminated Great Lakes fish has been associated with several adverse reproductive outcomes including shortened menstrual cycle [ 9 ] , reduced fecundability [ 10 11 ] , reduced neonatal size [ 12 ] , and neurologic disorders [ 13 14 15 ] .
The computer program checked if the peak for Dde I was contained in the complex peak mixture derived from the Dde I digest, considering a certain bandwidth.
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