BP-3, A MAJOR COMPONENT OF SUNSCREEN, ALTERS WATER COLUMN USE AND FEEDING, BUT NOT AGGRESSION IN NILE TILAPIAS (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS)

BP-3, a major component of sunscreen, alters water column use and feeding, but not aggression in Nile tilapias (Oreochromis niloticus)

Tourism has increased the contact of tourists with the aquatic environment and is transporting harmful substances such as benzophenone (BP-3) into the water.This is an emerging contaminant present in sunscreens and other cosmetics, which can alter the behavior of fish by acting on the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis.We hypothesized that the use o

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Two new species of Dasineura (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from the Neotropics and new morphological data on Dasineura tavaresi

ABSTRACT Two new species of Dasineura Rondani, 1840 from Brazil are described and illustrated based on specimens from the Entomological Collection of Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ): D.capsicicola sp.nov.and Grilling D.microstachysae sp.nov.The former attacks bud flowers of Capsicum annuum L.(Solanaceae), a plant econo

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Universal cervical cancer control through a right to health lens: refocusing national policy and programmes on underserved women

Abstract Background Cervical cancer claims 311,000 lives annually, and 90% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.Cervical New Peak Accessories cancer is a highly preventable and treatable disease, if detected through screening at an early stage.Governments have a responsibility to screen women for precancerous cervical lesions.Y

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