A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week.
Contents: Regulations/Policy, Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies
Regulations/Policy
Methods/Tools/Screening
Automated Sample Preparation and Data Collection Workflow for High-Throughput In Vitro Metabolomics.
The SwissSimilarity 2021 Web Tool: Novel Chemical Libraries and Additional Methods for an Enhanced Ligand-Based Virtual Screening Experience. [for drugs but perhaps of interest]
Commentaries
A Sharper Focus: Clarifying the PFAS-Preeclampsia Association by Analyzing Disease Subtypes. [Science Selection in EHP]
Reviews
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
An Overview of Environmental Risk Factors for Food Allergy.
BPA/Phenols
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics
Air Pollution
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Miscellaneous
Human Health Studies
BPA/Phenols
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Air Pollution
Combined effects of air pollution in adulthood and famine exposure in early life on type 2 diabetes.
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Miscellaneous
Human transgenerational observations of regular smoking before puberty on fat mass in grandchildren and great-grandchildren. [this could be one of the first human demonstrations of transgenerational effects of an environmental exposure across four generations!]
Laboratory Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
Effects of BPA, BPS, and BPF on Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Enzyme Expression in Bovine Oocytes and Spermatozoa The Preservation of PPARγ Genome Duplicates in Some Teleost Lineages: Insights into Lipid Metabolism and Xenobiotic Exploitation
Phthalates
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Organotins
Subacute and low-dose tributyltin exposure disturbs the mammalian hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis in a sex-dependent manner.
Pesticides
Impact of glyphosate-based herbicide on early embryonic development of the amphibian Xenopus laevis.
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics
Air Pollution
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Miscellaneous
Exposure/Environment Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
Racial/ethnic and neighborhood disparities in metals exposure during pregnancy in the Northeastern United States.
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Occurrence and human health risk assessment of mineral elements and pesticides residues in bee pollen.
Potentially Toxic Elements
Racial/ethnic and neighborhood disparities in metals exposure during pregnancy in the Northeastern United States.
Microplastics
Quantity and fate of synthetic microfiber emissions from apparel washing in California and strategies for their reduction.
Air Pollution
TD-GC/MS analysis of indoor air pollutants (VOCs, PM) in hair salons.
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Miscellaneous
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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 from dates added to PubMed. To see the searchable archives, please email me at sar…@gmail.com and ask to join the EDC Science Weekly group EDC_re…@googlegroups.com. Archives are at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/edc_research or online at https://heeds.org/category/edc-science-weekly/. Compiled by Sarah Howard, Diabetes and Environment Program and HEEDS at Commonweal.
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