This is not quite a fish-specific topic, however, one of my colleagues is working on an issue whereby fish farmers and fishermen look to be affected by poisons that are affecting their fishes in a detrimental way (see https://thefishvet.com/?s=gladstone). And this article caught my attention because it suggests the use of different methodologies to assess toxicity since the current methods are inadequate. Also, for those who use Round-up (glyphosate) in their gardens or fields, this article might apply to you.
This article made the top 25 reads during the period October to December 2012 on SciVerse.
Some excerpts from the article to consider –
“Roundup provoked chronic hormone and sex dependent pathologies.”
“The first large detectable tumors occurred at 4 and 7 months into the study in males and females respectively, underlining the inadequacy of the standard 90 day feeding trials for evaluating GM crop and food toxicity”
“Reproductive and multigenerational studies will also provide novel insights into these problems.”
“the study presented here clearly demonstrate that lower levels of complete agricultural glyphosate herbicide formulations, at concentrations well below officially set safety limits, induce severe hormone-dependent mammary, hepatic and kidney disturbances.”
Learn more here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691512005637
