Dr Frances Orton

Dr Frances Orton studied environmental biology at Bangor University (Wales) and aquatic ecotoxicology at the University of Plymouth (England). She gained her PhD from Brunel University in the area of Endocrine Disruption in wildlife. Her current position is post-doctoral researcher and project management assistant for the European Commission funded project contamed.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2012) Orton, F., Rosivatz, E., Scholze, M. and Kortenkamp, A., Competitive androgen receptor antagonism as a factor determining the predictability of cumulative antiandrogenic effects of widely used pesticides, Environmental Health Perspectives 120 (11) : 1578- 1584

(2012) Kortenkamp, A., Martin, O., Evans, R., Orton, F., McKinlay, R., Rosivatz, E. and Faust, M., Response to A critique of the European Commission Document, "State of the Art Assessment of Endocrine Disrupters" by Rhomberg and colleagues--letter to the editor., Crit Rev Toxicol 42 (9) : 787- 789 Download publication

(2011) Orton, F. and Routledge, E., Agricultural intensity in ovo affects growth, metamorphic development and sexual differentiation in the common toad (Bufo bufo)., Ecotoxicology 20 (4) : 901- 911 Download publication

(2011) Orton, F., Rosivatz, E., Scholze, M. and Kortenkamp, A., Widely used pesticides with previously unknown endocrine activity revealed as in vitro antiandrogens., Environ Health Perspect 119 (6) : 794- 800 Download publication

(2011) Hayes, TB., Anderson, LL., Beasley, VR., De Solla, SR., Iguchi, T., Ingraham, H., Kestemont, P., Kniewald, J., Kniewald, Z., Langlois, VS., Luque, EH., McCoy, KA., Muñoz-De-Toro, M., Oka, T., Oliveira, CA., Orton, F., Ruby, S., Suzawa, M., Tavera-Mendoza, LE., Trudeau, VL., Victor-Costa, AB. and Willingham, E., Demasculinization and feminization of male gonads by atrazine: Consistent effects across vertebrate classes, Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 127 (1-2) : 64- 73

(2009) Orton, F., Lutz, I., Kloas, W. and Routledge, EJ., Endocrine disrupting effects of herbicides and pentachlorophenol: in vitro and in vivo evidence, Environmental Science and Technology 43 (6) : 2144- 2150

(2006) Orton, F., Carr, JA. and Handy, RD., Effects of nitrate and atrazine on larval development and sexual differentiation in the northern leopard frog Rana pipiens., Environ Toxicol Chem 25 (1) : 65- 71 Download publication