Weina Chen, Xiaoqing Wang, Shukun Wan, Yang Yang, Ying Zhang, Zhongyan Xu, Jingsong Zhao, Chenyang Mi, Huidong Zhang
Dichloroacetic acid (DCAA) and trichloroacetic acid (TCAA) are two typical non-volatile disinfection by-products (DBPs) found in drinking water. Increasing evidence has demonstrated that they show reproductive toxicity. However, whether they might have endocrine disrupting properties remains largely unknown. To discover this, we treated male mice or pregnant mice with 0, 1-, 102 -, 103 -, 104 -, or 5 × 104 -fold maximal concentration level (MCL) of DCAA or TCAA in drinking water. In male mice, the levels of testosterone in serum and androgen receptor (AR) in testis were declined with ≥ 103 -fold MCL of DCAA (26...
November 22, 2023: Journal of Hazardous Materials