TY - JOUR A1 - Dietrich, Daniel R. A1 - O'Brien, Evelyn A1 - Hoffmann, Sebastian A1 - Balaguer, Patrique A1 - Nicolas, Jean-Claude A1 - Seinen, Willem A1 - Depledge, Michael H. T1 - Effects of BPA in snails T2 - Environmental health perspectives N2 - It is an ethical requirement that new findings be presented in light of and in conjunction with a balanced evaluation of the current knowledge and published literature. We believe that Oehlmann et al. (2006) violated this general principle in several ways. For example, the authors inferred that prosobranch snails have a functional estrogen receptor and therefore a much higher sensitivity to estrogens and endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) than other species previously reported in the literature. We found several other problems in their article... Y1 - 2007 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/954 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-45265 SN - 1552-9924 SN - 0091-6765 N1 - Publication of EHP lies in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from EHP may be reprinted freely. Use of materials published in EHP should be acknowledged (for example, "Reproduced with permission from Environmental Health Perspectives"); pertinent reference information should be provided for the article from which the material was reproduced. Articles from EHP, especially the News section, may contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright. Stellungnahme zum Aufsatz: Jörg Oehlmann, Ulrike Schulte-Oehlmann, Jean Bachmann, Matthias Oetken, Ilka Lutz, Werner Kloas, Thomas A. Ternes : Bisphenol A induces superfeminization in the Ramshorn snail Marisa cornuarietis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) at environmentally relevant concentrations, Environmental health perspectives, 114.2006, Supplement 1, S. 127–133, doi:10.1289/ehp.8065. Stellungnahme zu diesem Aufsatz: Jörg Oehlmann, Ulrike Schulte-Oehlmann, Matthias Oetken, Jean Bachmann, Ilka Lutz, Werner Kloas, Thomas A. Ternes : Effects of BPA in snails : Oehlmann et al. respond, Environmental health perspectives, 114.2006, Nr. 6, S. A341-A342 VL - 114 IS - 6 SP - A340 EP - A341 PB - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences CY - Research Triangle Park, N.C. [u. a.] ER -