Endocrine Disruption

TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors

phenanthrene

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CAS # 85-01-8

Categories*
Byproduct/Intermediate/Reactant
Medical/Veterinary/Research
Unconventional Oil and Gas

Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor

Benisek M, Kubincova P, Blaha L, Hilscherova K. 2011. The effects of PAHs and N-PAHs on retinoid signaling and Oct-4 expression in vitro. Toxicol Lett 200(3):169-175.

Evans AD, Nipper M. 2007. Toxicity of phenanthrene and lindane mixtures to marine invertebrates. Environmental Toxicology 22(5):495-501.

Incardona JP, Collier TK, Scholz NL. 2004. Defects in cardiac function precede morphological abnormalities in fish embryos exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 196(2):191-205.

Monteiro PRR, Reis-Henriques MA, Coimbra J. 2000. Plasma steroid levels in female flounder (Platichthys flesus) after chronic dietary exposure to single polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Marine Environmental Research 49(5):453-467.

Monteiro PRR, Reis-Henriques MA, Coimbra J. 2000. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons inhibit in vitro ovarian steroidogenesis in the flounder (Platichthys flesus L.). Aquatic Toxicology 48(4):549-559.

*Category References

ATSDR. 1995. Toxicological Profile for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

Colborn T, Schultz K, Herrick L, Kwiatkowski C. 2014. An Exploratory Study of Air Quality near Natural Gas Operations. Hum Ecol Risk Assess 20(1):86-105.

Orem WH, Tatu CA, Lerch HE, Rice CA, Bartos TT, Bates AL, Tewalt S, Corum MD. 2007. Organic compounds in produced waters from coalbed natural gas wells in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA. Appl Geochem 22(10):2240-2256.

Paulik LB, Donald CE, Smith BW, Tidwell LG, Hobbie KA, Kincl L, Haynes EN, and Anderson KA, 2016. Emissions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Natural Gas Extraction into Air. Environ Sci Technol 50(14):7921-7929.

US National Library of Medicine. Hazardous Substances Data Bank.

Zielinska B, Campbell D, Samburova V. 2014. Impact of emissions from natural gas production facilities on ambient air quality in the Barnett Shale area: a pilot study. J Air Waste Manag Assoc 64(12):1369-1383.

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