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Environmental neglect: endocrine disruptors as underappreciated but potentially modifiable diabetes risk factors. 

Part of a free full text special issue of Diabetologia, A Life Course Perspective on Diabetes: Developmental Origins and Beyond. Additional articles in this issue include: 

Early Life Exposure in Mexico to ENvironmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) Project. [summary of findings from this cohort and future plans] 

 

Anthropogenic contaminants of high concern: Existence in water resources and their adverse effects.  

 

Reproductive Impact of Environmental Chemicals on Animals.  

 

Xenobiotic Receptors and Their Mates in Atopic Dermatitis.  

 

Transgenerational Impact of Environmental Change.  

 

Developmental Origins of Type 2 Diabetes: Focus on Epigenetics.  

 

 

Chemical Effect of Bisphenol A on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.  

 

Bisphenol A: A Concise Review of Literature and a Discussion of Health and Regulatory Implications.  

 

 

 

Association between peri-conceptional bisphenol A exposure in women and men and time to pregnancy-The HOPE study.  

 

Association of urinary concentrations of early pregnancy phthalate metabolites and bisphenol A with length of gestation.  

 

The effects of di-butyl phthalate exposure from medications on human sperm RNA among men.  

 

 

Traces of intact paraben molecules in endometrial carcinoma.  

 

 

An overview of methods to address distinct research questions on environmental mixtures: an application to persistent organic pollutants and leukocyte telomere length.  

 

Exploring the associations of serum concentrations of PCBs, PCDDs, and PCDFs with walking speed in the U.S. general population: Beyond standard linear models.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and functional neuroimaging in adolescents living in proximity to pesticide application.  

 

Interventions to promote healthy environments in family child care homes in Oklahoma-Happy Healthy Homes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.  

 

Association between intake of fruits and vegetables by pesticide residue status and coronary heart disease risk.  

 

 

Self-Reported Health and Metal Body Burden in an Electronic Waste Recycling Community in Northeastern Thailand.  

 

Immunotoxic potentials of bisphenol F mediated through lipid signaling pathways on macrophages.  

 

Estrogen receptor 1 expression and methylation of Esr1 promoter in mouse fetal prostate mesenchymal cells induced by gestational exposure to bisphenol A or ethinylestradiol.  

 

Bisphenol A exposure induces cholesterol synthesis and hepatic steatosis in C57BL/6 mice by down-regulating the DNA methylation levels of SREBP-2.  

 

Low-dose bisphenol A exposure impairs learning and memory ability with alterations of neuromorphology and neurotransmitters in rats.  

 

Inhibition of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) by bromophenols (BPs).  

 

 

Di-butyl phthalate (DBP) induces craniofacial defects during embryonic development in zebrafish.  

 

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate induces DNA strand breaks and gene expression alterations in larval zebrafish Danio rerio.  

 

 

Maternal exposure to triclosan constitutes a yet unrecognized risk factor for autism spectrum disorders.  

 

Comparative study of the effect of 17 parabens on PXR-, CAR- and PPARα-mediated transcriptional activation.  

 

 

Hepatic proteome network data in zebrafish (Danio rerio) liver following dieldrin exposure.  

 

 

A Multiomic Study To Unravel The Effects Of Developmental Exposure To Endosulfan In Rats: Molecular Explanation For Sex-Dependent Effects.  

 

 

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances display structure-dependent inhibition towards UDP-glucuronosyltransferases.  

 

 

The Protection of Taurine on Abnormal Expression of Deiodinase 3 Induced by BDE 209 in JEG Cells Under the Normal Culture Conditions.  

 

The molecular mechanism of the antagonistic activity of hydroxylated polybrominated biphenyl (OH-BB80) toward thyroid receptor β.  

 

 

Combined Toxicity of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid and Its Metabolites 2,4-Dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) on Two Nontarget Organisms. 

 

Toxicity of the aquatic herbicide, reward®, to the northwestern salamander. 

 

Effect of in ovo glyphosate injection on embryonic development, serum biochemistry, antioxidant status and histopathological changes in newly hatched chicks. 

 

Tolerance of native and invasive bivalves under herbicide and metal contamination: an ex vivo approach.  

 

Exposure to chlorpyrifos at different ages triggers APOE genotype-specific responses in social behavior, body weight and hypothalamic gene expression. 

 

APOE genetic background and sex confer different vulnerabilities to postnatal chlorpyrifos exposure and modulate the response to cholinergic drugs.  

 

Short-term developmental toxicity and potential mechanisms of the herbicide metamifop to zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. 

 

Exposure to low-level metalaxyl impacts the cardiac development and function of zebrafish embryos.  

 

Effect of the herbicide atrazine and its major metabolite, DACT, on bovine sperm cryotolerance.  

 

Atrazine induces penis abnormalities including hypospadias in mice.  

 

 

Disruptive effects of two organotin pesticides on the thyroid signaling pathway in Xenopus laevis during metamorphosis.  

 

 

Arsenic-induced immunomodulatory effects disorient the survival-death interface by stabilizing the Hsp90/Beclin1 interaction.  

Polystyrene microplastics cause tissue damages, sex-specific reproductive disruption and transgenerational effects in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma).  

 

Developmental exposure to a human relevant mixture of endocrine disruptors alters metabolism and adipogenesis in zebrafish (Danio rerio). [a mixture of phthalates, triclosan, and perfluorinated compounds designed within the EDC-MixRisk project based on serum levels of the compounds in pregnant Swedish women] 

 

Human blood-based exposure levels of persistent organic pollutant (POP) mixtures antagonise androgen receptor transactivation and translocation. [POP mixture based on levels found in Scandinavians] 

 

Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of Bisphenol A Interact with Doxorubicin Transcriptional Effects in Human Cell Lines.  

 

Estrogen withdrawal and replacement differentially target liver and adipose tissues in female mice fed a high-fat high-sucrose diet: impact of a chronic exposure to a low-dose pollutant mixture☆. [low-dose mixture of one dioxin, one PCB, one phthalate, and BPA]

 

Immune response of juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) exposed to a mixture of sewage chemicals.  

 

 

 

Fast analysis of relevant contaminants mixture in commercial shellfish. [potential link between BPA and cockle mortality event] 

 

The Norwegian biomonitoring study from the EU project EuroMix: Levels of phenols and phthalates in 24-hour urine samples and exposure sources from food and personal care products.  

 

Assessment of bisphenol A levels in preschool children-Results of a human biomonitoring study in Ankara, Turkey  

 

Oral intake exposure to phthalates in vegetables produced in plastic greenhouses and its health burden in Shaanxi province, China.  

 

PM2.5 bound phthalates in four metropolitan cites of China: Concentration, seasonal pattern and health risk via inhalation.  

 

Evaluation of organochlorine pesticide (OCP) residues in meat and edible organs, Iran.  

 

Current Status, Challenges, and Policy Recommendations of China’s Marine Monitoring Systems for Coastal Persistent Organic Pollution Based on Experts’ Questionnaire Analysis.  

 

Restoring HCHs polluted land as one of the priority activities during the UN-International Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030): A call for global action.  

 

Characteristics, sources and health risks of toxic species (PCDD/Fs, PAHs and heavy metals) in PM2.5 during fall and winter in an industrial area.  

 

 

 

 

Organophosphate compounds, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and novel brominated flame retardants in European indoor house dust: Use, evidence for replacements and assessment of human exposure.  

 

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the environment and human external and internal exposure in China: A review.  

 

Data relating to fate and transport of organophosphate ester flame retardants in indoor air and dust from Nepal.  

 

The leaching of additive-derived flame retardants (FRs) from plastics in avian digestive fluids: The significant risk of highly lipophilic FRs.  

 

 

Effect-based environmental monitoring for thyroid disruption in Swedish amphibian tadpoles. [found unexplained higher body weight in wild Swedish tadpoles]  

 

A nationwide survey of urinary concentrations of neonicotinoid insecticides in China.  

 

The ADME profile of the fungicide tricyclazole in rodent via the oral route: A critical review for human health safety assessment.  

 

Mitigating the risk of atrazine exposure: Identifying hot spots and hot times in surface waters across Nebraska, USA.  

 

 

Assessing the relative and attributable risk of stressors to wetland condition across the conterminous United States.  

 

Discovery of an arsenic and mercury co-elevation in the Midwest United States using reference laboratory data. 

 

Assessment of organic and metallic contamination in the surface sediment of Monastir Bay (Eastern Tunisia): Spatial distribution, potential sources, and ecological risk assessment.  

 

Projections of long-term human multimedia exposure to metal(loid)s and the health risks derived from atmospheric deposition: A case study in the Pearl River Delta region, South China.  

 

Characteristic concentrations and isotopic composition of airborne lead at urban, rural and remote sites in western Korea.  

 

Enhanced tolerance of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) plants on abandoned mine land soil leads to overexpression of cannabinoids. [who knew?]

 

Perspective of mitigating atmospheric heavy metal pollution: using mosses as biomonitoring and indicator organism.  

 

Wastewater-based epidemiology as a novel assessment approach for population-level metal exposure.  

 

Arsenic mobilization from soils in the presence of herbicides.  

 

Profiles, source identification and health risks of potentially toxic metals in pyrotechnic-related road dust during Chinese New Year.  

 

Heavy metal pollution and co-selection for antibiotic resistance: A microbial palaeontology approach.  

 

 

Organotin compounds in touristic marinas of the northern Adriatic Sea: occurrence, speciation and potential recycling at the sediment-water interface.  

 

 

Microplastics detected in haemolymph of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata.  

 

Impacts of microplastics on growth and health of hermatypic corals are species-specific.  

 

Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool: A Prospective Case Series.  

 

 

Occurrence and ecological risk assessment of selected antibiotics in the freshwater lakes along the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River Basin.  

 

 

Applying community resilience theory to engagement with residents facing cumulative environmental exposure risks: lessons from Louisiana’s industrial corridor.  

 

Drinking water quality in areas impacted by oil activities in Ecuador: Associated health risks and social perception of human exposure.  

 

The toxic effects of in situ exposure of a native fish species (Anabas testudineus) to electronic waste pollution.