EDC Science Weekly, Apr. 14 – 20, 2021

A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week. 
 
Contents: Events,Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries/Conference Summaries, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies
 
Interesting Article of the Week
 
Grandmaternal Perinatal Serum DDT in Relation to Granddaughter Early Menarche and Adult Obesity: Three Generations in the Child Health and Development Studies Cohort.

Events
 
April 21 Virtual Town Hall: EPA’s Lead & Copper Rule: What Schools and Child Care Need to Know (Children’s Environmental Health Network)
 
April 22 Earth Day Symposium: John P. Wyatt, M.D. Environment & Health Symposium (University of Kentucky)

April 28 Webinar: Protecting Your Child’s Health with Dr. Ruth Etzel (CHE-Alaska)
 
Apr. 28 Webinar: 5th Annual Mind the Store Retailer Report Card (Mind the Store and Toxic Free Future)
 
May 11 Webinar: Suspect Screening, Prioritization, and Confirmation of Environmental Chemicals in Maternal-Newborn Pairs from San Francisco (EDC Strategies Partnership)
 
May 30: Applications due for The Science Communication Fellowship Program for early career scientists (Science Communication Network)
 
Commentaries/Conference Summaries
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements
 
 
 
 
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
Laboratory Studies
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
Organotins  
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
 
 
Mixtures
 
BPA/Phenols/Parabens
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
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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.
 
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