P. Monica Lind,^* Anders Bergman,^** Mats Olsson,^*** Jan Örberg<sup>****


*</sup>Monica Lind has, since 1995, performed pioneering research on organohalogen induced bone toxicity. She defended her thesis entitled Organochlorines and bone. Effects of organochlorines on bone tissue morphology, composition and strength at the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Uppsala University in spring 2000. Her main research interest is to determine whether endocrine disrupting chemicals such as PCBs and DDT have contributed to the dramatic increase in the incidence of osteoporosis-related fractures observed in the industrialized countries since World War II. Her address: Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Box 210, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. monica.lind@imm.ki.se
^**Anders Bergman has studied pathology in Baltic seals since 1977 within the National Monitoring Programme under the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. He works at the Contaminant Research Group, Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm and at the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala. His address: Contaminant Research Group, Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. anders.bergman@nrm.se
^***Mats Olsson is professor at the Contaminant Research Group, Swedish Museum of Natural History. His address: Contaminant Research Group, Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. mats.olsson@nrm.se
^****Jan Örberg is an associate professor at the Department of Environmental Toxicology, Uppsala University. Since the 1970s he has studied effects of organochlorine compounds in mammals and fish. Today, his main research activity is directed towards endocrine disrupting chemicals and fish reproduction and bone tissues as targets for environmental pollutants. His address: Department of Environmental Toxicology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 A, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden. jan.orberg@ebc.uu.se