EDC Science Weekly: Aug. 19 – 25, 2020

A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week. 
 
Contents: Events,Regulations/Policy, Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies
 
Events
 
 
Regulations/Policy 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements
 
 
A Review on Toxicodynamics of Depleted Uranium
 
 
A scoping review of sources of mercury and its health effects among Pakistan’s most vulnerable population
 
Microplastics
 
 
Oceanic Hitchhikers – Assessing Pathogen Risks from Marine Microplastic
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dioxin exposure and sexual dimorphism of gaze behavior in prepubertal Vietnamese children living in Da Nang, a hot spot for dioxin contamination.  
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
Associations of toxic and essential trace elements in serum, follicular fluid, and seminal plasma with In vitro fertilization outcomes
 
 
 
Understanding of metals dysregulation in patients with systolic and diastolic dysfunction in ischemic heart disease
 
 
 
 
 
Heavy metal blood levels and hearing loss in children of West Bengal, India
 
Nanomaterials
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
 
 
 
Transient risk of ambient fine particulate matter on hourly cardiovascular events in Tainan City, Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Laboratory Studies
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
 
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
Organotins  
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The neonicotinoid thiacloprid causes transcriptional alteration of genes associated with mitochondria at environmental concentrations in honey bees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
Hesperidin protects against cadmium-induced pancreatitis by modulating insulin secretion, redox imbalance and iNOS/NF-ĸB signaling in rats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
Mixtures
 
 
 
 
Numerous Chemicals
 
 
 
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
Impact of dietary guidelines on lifetime exposure to chemical contaminants: divergent conclusions for two bioaccumulative substances [PCBs and cadmium]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Legacy and alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in a subtropical marine food web from the Beibu Gulf, South China: Fate, trophic transfer and health risk assessment
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biological and anthropogenic predictors of metal concentration in the Eurasian otter, a sentinel of freshwater ecosystems
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
 
 
Sources and reporting of oil spills and impacts on wildlife 1970-2018
 
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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. To see the searchable archives, please email me at Sa…@healthandenvironment.org and ask to join the group EDC_re…@googlegroups.com. Archives are at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/edc_research. Compiled by Sarah Howard, Diabetes and Environment Program and HEEDS at Commonweal.