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
Webinar Apr. 27 (today!): The Perils of PVC Plastic Pipes [Beyond Plastics]
Webinar May 17: Reducing Breast Cancer Risk by Eliminating Parabens and Phthalates [EDC Strategies Partnership]
For more upcoming events, see the April issue of HEEDS News
What Limits Will the World Health Organization Recommend for PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water? The importance of study design in investigating intrinsic developmental toxic properties of substances in new studies under the REACH and CLP Regulations in the European Union
Regulations/Policy
What Limits Will the World Health Organization Recommend for PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water?
Methods/Tools/Screening
Commentaries
Editorial: Biodegradation of plastics. [intro to a Research Topic in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology]
Mixed plastics upcycled dynamically. [re Dynamic crosslinking compatibilizes immiscible mixed plastics.]
Failure to Connect: Experimental Evidence that Benzo(a)pyrene Impedes Embryonic Implantation. [Science Selection in EHP]
Reviews
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
Phthalates
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Metals/Metalloids
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
Air Pollution
Human Health Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
Phthalates
Parabens/Triclosan/ Antimicrobials
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Pesticides
Metals/Metalloids
Individual, Independent, and Joint Associations of Toxic Metals and Manganese on Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Results from the MIREC Canadian Pregnancy Cohort. [see related Invited Perspective: Toxic Metals and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.]
Air Pollution
Miscellaneous
Laboratory Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
Phthalates
Parabens/Triclosan/ Antimicrobials
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Metals/Metalloids
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
Air Pollution
Miscellaneous
Exposure/Environment Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
[Determination of 26 bisphenols in dust by ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry]. [in Chinese]
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Metals/Metalloids
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
Air Pollution
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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 and ask to join the EDC Science Weekly group EDC_research@ googlegroups.com. The searchable 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 of Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS), a program of Environmental Health Sciences.