Endocrine Disruption
TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors
4-hydroxyheptachlorostyrene
CAS # n/a
Category*
Metabolite/Degradate
Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor
Sandau CD, Meerts IATM, Letcher RJ, Mcalees AJ, Chittim B, Brouwer A, Norstrom RJ. 2000. Identification of 4-hydroxyheptachlorostyrene in polar bear plasma and its binding affinity to transthyretin: A metabolite of octachlorosytrene? Environ Sci Technol 34(18):3871-3877.
*Category References
Sandau CD, Meerts IATM, Letcher RJ, Mcalees AJ, Chittim B, Brouwer A, Norstrom RJ. 2000. Identification of 4-hydroxyheptachlorostyrene in polar bear plasma and its binding affinity to transthyretin: A metabolite of octachlorosytrene? Environ Sci Technol 34(18):3871-3877.
US EPA. 2002. Draft PBT National Action Plan for Octachlorostyrene.