New EDC articles, week of Aug 14 – 20, 2019

A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week. 
 
Contents: Regulations/Policy, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, and Wildlife/Environment/Exposure Studies.
 
Regulations/Policy   
 
 
 
 
Reviews
 
 
 
Metals  
 
 
Environmental exposure to low-level lead (Pb) co-occurring with other neurotoxicants in early life and neurodevelopment of children.
 
 
Human Health Studies
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Personal Care Products
 
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
Arsenic/Metals
 
 
 
Co-exposures to toxic metals cadmium, lead, and mercury and their impact on unhealthy kidney function.
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
Laboratory Studies
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
 
Triclosan/Personal Care Products
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants
 
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arsenic/Metals
 
 
 
 
 
 
Microplastics

Mixtures
 
 
Trichloroethylene  
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
Prenatal Testosterone Exposure Alters GABAergic Synaptic Inputs to GnRH and KNDy Neurons in a Sheep Model of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.  

The environmental distribution and toxicity of short-chain chlorinated paraffins and underlying mechanisms: Implications for further toxicological investigation.  

Neuroendocrine and immunotoxicity of polyaromatic hydrocarbon, chrysene in crustacean post larvae.  

Pubertal Exposure to Low Doses of Zearalenone Disrupting Spermatogenesis through ERα Related Genetic and Epigenetic Pathways.    
 
Wildlife/Environment/Exposure Studies
 
BPA/Phenols/Phthalates/Parabens
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants
 
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
Arsenic/Metals
 
A global-scale assessment of fish mercury concentrations and the identification of biological hotspots.  

Snakes as Novel Biomarkers of Mercury Contamination: A Review.  

Soil heavy metal contamination and health risk assessment associated with development zones in Shandong, China

Occurrence, source apportionment, and potential human health risks of metal(loid)s and PAHs in dusts from driving school campuses in an urban area of Henan, China. 

The use of hair as a proxy for total and methylmercury burdens in polar bear muscle tissue.   

Variations in tree sparrow (Passer montanus) egg characteristics under environmental metal pollution. 

Metals risk assessment for children’s health in water and particulate matter in a southeastern Brazilian city.  

Ecological drivers of mercury concentrations in fish species in subsistence harvests from Kotzebue Sound, Alaska.  

Seasonal variations in heavy metals in water and sediment samples from River Tano in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, Ghana.  
 
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
 
 
 
Occurrence of microplastics in landfill systems and their fate with landfill age.
 
Miscellaneous
 
Corruption, Hidden Economy and Environmental Pollution: A Spatial Econometric Analysis Based on China’s Provincial Panel Data.  

Prioritizing chemicals of ecological concern in Great Lakes tributaries using high-throughput screening data and adverse outcome pathways.    
 
 
 
This list is not meant to be exhaustive, and generally does not include studies on detection, remediation, or treatment of EDCs. Note that journal publication dates may be different than dates added to PubMed. Compiled by Sarah Howard, Diabetes and Environment Program and HEEDS at Commonweal.