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Are human progestagens among the causes of amphibian extinction?
Authors:J. Martí  nez Herná  ndez,V. Ló  pez-Rodas,E. Costas
Affiliation:a Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
b Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria, UCM, Madrid, Spain
Abstract:We hypothesised that massive elimination of human and animal progestagens through wastewater can be toxic for reproduction of amphibians. Several medical test using amphibian bioassays (i.e. Hogben test) have demonstrated that human chorionic gonadotropin is toxic for amphibians. Nowadays, a huge amount of sexual hormones from women, animal farms and aquaculture arrive to inland water systems and could be a cause of amphibians extinction.
Keywords:Amphibian extinction   Conservation biology   Hypothesis   Progestagen   Wastewater   Public health
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