EDC Science Weekly, Apr. 12-18, 2024

A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week. 
 
Contents: Events, Regulations/Policy, Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries, Reviews/Meta-Analyses, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies
 
Highlights: 
 
Protecting the global plastics treaty from corporate interferencescientific statement from the American Heart Association on pediatric cardiology and the environmentmain achievements from HBM4EU on phthalates and substitute plasticizersemerging plasticizers: toxicology, environment, regrettable substitution dilemma, green solutions and future perspectivesis there a seismic shift in the PFAS uses?
 
 
Events
 
Apr. 18 webinar (today!): Chemicals in plastics: Human health costs [EDC Strategies Partnership]
 
 
 
May 2 webinar: Plastics and your health [Beyond Plastics]
 
May 7 webinar: Endocrine disruptors and hormone levels during pregnancy [HEEDS Young EDC Scientists Showcase and EDC Strategies Partnership]
 
 
May 20 symposium: Brain and environment [Univ of Rochester/in Washington DC]
 
May 21 seminar: Silent Spring 2.0: Adverse impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides on human and wildlife health [CACHET and HEEDS. Virtual and in-person in Chicago. See the ChicAgo Center for Health and EnvironmentT (CACHET) website for additional seminars.]
 
May 29: Webinaire dédié au rassemblement de la communauté française sur les perturbateurs endocriniens [in French]
 
 
June 10-12: National PFAS Conference in Ann Arbor, MI
 
June 23-28: Gordon Research Conference on EDCs in Tuscany, Italy
 
 
How the Xenopus eleutheroembryonic thyroid assay compares to the amphibian metamorphosis assay for detecting thyroid active chemicals
 
 
 
 
 
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
Human Health Studies
 
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
 
PFAS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
Metals/Metalloids
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
Laboratory Studies
 
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
 
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
 
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
 
 
 
PFAS
 
 
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
Organotins  
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Metals/Metalloids
 
 
 
 
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
 
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
PFAS
 
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
Metals/Metalloids
 
 
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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/Feel free to forward this email. Compiled by Sarah Howard of Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS), a program of Environmental Health Sciences
 
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