EDC Science Weekly, Dec. 9 – 15, 2020

A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week. 
 
Contents: Regulations/Policy, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies
 
 
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements
 
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
Miscellaneous  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Human Health Studies
 
Numerous Chemicals
 
 
Mixtures  
 
 
BPA/Phenols

Prenatal exposure to bisphenol S and altered newborn mitochondrial DNA copy number in a baby cohort study: Sex-specific associations
 
Phthalates
 
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Association between arsenic exposure, DNA damage, and urological cancers incidence: A long-term follow-up study of residents in an arseniasis endemic area of northeastern Taiwan
 
Air Pollution
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Convergence of COVID-19 and Chronic Air Pollution Risks: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Inequities in the U.S.
 
Laboratory Studies
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exposure to bisphenol A differentially impacts neurodevelopment and behavior in Drosophila melanogaster from distinct genetic backgrounds
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
 
 
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
 
 
 
Effects of the brominated flame retardant, TBCO, on development of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
Attenuation of chronic arsenic neurotoxicity via melatonin in male offspring of maternal rats exposed to arsenic during conception: Involvement of oxidative DNA damage and inflammatory signaling cascades
 
 
 
 
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
Mixtures
 
 
 
 
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exposure/Environment Studies
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
Infant dietary exposure to dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dlPCBs), polybrominated and mixed halogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PBDD/Fs and PXDD/Fs) in milk samples of lactating mothers in Accra, Ghana
 
 
 
Sorption of PCB from air to settled house dust in a contaminated indoor environment.  
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
 
Isomers of emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water and sediment from the Cape Fear River, North Carolina, USA
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
 
——-
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.