“…The susceptibilities identified in Table 4 are covered in In chapter 3, the structural and functional features that potenanimal species. For example, as documented in chapter 3, some (Bailey et al, 2003) Embryonic age Neural tube defects from retinoic acid, arsenic, and valproic acid (Adams, 1993;Bennett & Finnell, 1998) Decreased fertility in female rats exposed to dioxin (TCDD) (Gray & Ostby, 1995) Hydronephrosis with dioxin exposure during embryonic or fetal periods in rats (Couture-Haws et al, 1991;Birnbaum, 1995) Fetus Decreased intelligence, increased behavioural problems with lead (Bellinger et al, 1994;Rice, 1996) Cerebral palsy, mental retardation with high-dose methylmercury (Harada, 1978); subtle neurobehavioural effects with low doses (Grandjean et al, 1997) Exposure to several phthalates induces reduced AGD and malformations in male rats (Mylchreest et al, 1999;Gray et al, 2000) Delay in pubertal development from exposure to PBBs Vaginal adenocarcinoma in young women due to DES (Herbst et al, 1971) ACE fetopathy with neonatal renal failure from maternal exposure to angiotensin inhibitors (Tabacova et al, 2003) Maternal smoking causes decreased birth weight and increased risk for later diabetes (Montgomery & Ekbom, 2002) and osteoporosis Decreased T3/T4 levels in infant and juvenile rats (Brouwer et al, 1998) exposed to PCBs (Birnbaum, 1995) Maternal grooming affects ability to respond to stress in adulthood in rats (Gilbert, 2005) Child Brain tumours and meningiomas...…”