EDC Science Weekly, Apr. 24-30, 2026

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:April 30, 2026
Post category:EDC Science Weekly

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:

Impacts of environmental stressors on fertility and fecundity across taxa, with implications for planetary health.
Micro(nano)plastics in the Development of Myocardial Fibrosis: From Clinical Detection to Molecular Mechanism.

Science summaries and highlights

Events

May 5 hybrid symposium: NAMs and TAMs (New and Traditional Approaches and Methodologies): The Future of Laboratory-Based Environmental Health and Toxicology Research for Harm Reduction [Duke Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program]

May 5 webinar: Corporate Determinants of Health: UCSF Archives of Internal Corporate Documents [Santa Clara County Medical Association]

May 6: ECHO Symposium: Translating Science to Action (hybrid) [NIH]

May 7 webinar: New science on neonicotinoids: Reproductive and neurodevelopmental health effects [CHE]

May 7 webinar: The Plastic Detox: A Free Educational Webinar on the New Documentary Film [Beyond Plastics]

May 13 science café: The Secret Chemistry of Hair Extensions [Silent Spring Institute]

May 19 webinar: Prenatal Exposure to OP Pesticides: Health outcomes & potential mechanisms [EDC Strategies Partnership, Young EDC Scientist Showcase]

May 19 webinar: NIH Strategic Priorities Supporting Progress in Birth Defects Research, Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology, and Next Generation New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) [Society of Toxicology, Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention]

May 26 webinar: Virtual control groups in pre-clinical toxicity studies [ECHA]

May 29 conference: HEEDS EDC-North Carolina Annual Scientific Meeting (in person in Raleigh NC) [HEEDS]

Summer 2026: Skills for Health and Research Professionals (SHARP) Training program [Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health]

June 8-10: National PFAS Conference (in Tucson, AZ)

June 10: TSCA Reform: 10 years later (hybrid) [Environmental Law Institute]

June 15 due date for RFI: Facilitating Evidence Synthesis to Improve Decision-Making on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals [Pew Charitable Trusts]

June 28 – July 3: New and emerging threats, approaches, and mitigation strategies for environmental endocrine disruptors [Gordon Research Conference] and accompanying Gordon Research Seminar June 27 – 28, Harnessing interdisciplinary evidence for endocrine disruption.

July 8-10: U.S. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) annual meeting (Raleigh NC); Trainee day July 8.

July 15 due date: Call for papers: Bridging Human and Animal Studies to Better Understand How Environmental Factors Impact Human Reproductive and Developmental Health: Celebrating Professor Shanna H. Swan for Her Outstanding Achievements in the Field [Reproductive Toxicology]

Regulations/Policy

Allowing Unlimited PFAS Manufacturing Contradicts the Core Intention of the European Union’s PFAS Restriction Proposal.

China cracks down on microplastics and forever chemicals with new law.

PFAS Pesticides: Contamination Pathways in Italy and the Need for Integrated Regulation.

From prioritization to implementation: updating the PARC WP5 project portfolio through the second prioritization round

Integrating approaches and regulations to address plastic pollution: Spotlighting nanosized particles.

Regulatory integration of new approach methodologies for human-relevant developmental and reproductive toxicity (DART) assessment: A systematic cross-sector review.

Advancing regulatory use of NAMs for Chemical Safety Assessment: Progress in Brazil

Application of quantitative and qualitative uncertainty assessment to inform risk management decision-making: a case study with diisononyl phthalate.

More EDC policy, FPF’s regulations open for comment, and Science’s Trump-Tracker.

Methods/Tools/Screening

3D biofabricated in vitro models as new approach methodologies for animal alternatives.

Comparison of ex vivo placenta perfusion and in vitro BeWo b30 cell models for assessing transfer of developmental and reproductive toxic compounds.

A Comprehensive Benchmark Database of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Properties from Quantum Mechanical Methods.

Commentaries

Modifying exposure to plastic-associated chemicals in daily living

Reassessing Toxicity Claims of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Human Health Research.

Nanoplastics and Microplastics and Their Link to Increasing Stroke Risk.

Neonicotinoids: insecticides or a threat to public health?

Mapping the human chemical exposome for public health

Reviews/Meta-Analyses

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Impacts of environmental stressors on fertility and fecundity across taxa, with implications for planetary health.

Epigenetic mechanisms linking the perinatal environment, the placenta, and maternal and child health outcomes: evidence for sexual dimorphism.

Environmental Transgenerational Epigenetics: Effects on Fertility and Offspring Health.

Food packaging contaminants and offspring reproductive health: Disease risks and underlying mechanisms.

Endocrine disruptors are contributing to type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The Gut-Brain Axis as a Mediator of Environmental Endocrine Disruptors in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Mechanistic Synthesis.

Chemical contaminants and fish: implications for health and ecosystem sustainability.

Monitoring Chemical Environmental Hazards Through Wildlife Assessment: A Review Within the “One Health” Approach.

Innovative approaches to mitigating persistent toxic substances and their impacts on soil health and human well-being.

Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials

Itching to know: the Microbiome, Allergic Disease, and Antimicrobial Chemicals.

Comprehensive overview of triclosan neurotoxicity and construction of adverse outcome pathways using a systems toxicology approach: Triclosan-induced attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder as an example.

PFAS

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Endometriosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and development of autoimmunity in humans and animals: a scoping review.

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Birth Weight and Prenatal Exposure to Perfluoroundecanoic Acid.

Adverse effects and mechanisms induced by legacy, emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances on neuron: human exposure, adverse outcomes.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Within the Exposome: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying a Potential Risk for Cardiac Arrhythmias and Atrial Fibrillation?

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Fish: Global Occurrence, Bioaccumulation, Analytical Approaches, and Human Exposure Risks-A Review.

Pesticides

Review of Organophosphorus Herbicide: Distribution of Residues, Toxicity Effects, Mechanisms, and Developing Trends Studies.

Prenatal Exposure to Organochlorine Compounds and Other Pesticides: A Systematic Review of Neonatal Health Outcomes.

Metals/Metalloids

Heavy metal-induced epigenetic disruption in aquatic organisms: A review of mechanisms, impacts, and implications for ecotoxicology.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

From environment to organs: individual and combined effects of MPs and PFAS on urinary system health.

Health Risks of Prenatal and Early-Life Microplastics Exposure: A Comprehensive Review.

The bioaccumulation and carcinogenic potential of micro- and nanoplastics in humans.

Impact of microplastics on human health: A critical role of gut microbiota.

The Impact of Micro/Nanoplastics on Human Hematopoietic Function: Exposure, Deposition, Toxicity, and Mitigation Strategies.

Polymer- and size-dependent toxicological behavior of environmentally relevant secondary microplastics: a comprehensive review.

Microplastic-associated pollutants in prostate carcinogenesis and plant-based chemo-preventive strategies.

Functional Bio-Based Additives for Sustainable Polymers: A Systematic Review of Processing and Performance Enhancers.

Revealing the Risks: A Review on the Toxicity and Mechanisms of Biodegradable Microplastics in Terrestrial Mammals.

Miscellaneous

Not Just a Fish Killer: Multi-Organ Toxicity and Mechanisms of 6PPD-Quinone.

Human Health Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Lipid clues: Decoding the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on female reproductive health.

Association of exposure to synthetic phenols and metal(loid)s with early puberty in Spanish girls: a multicentric case-control study.

Estimating the environmental burden of disease in children and adolescents in Germany: limitations and possible solutions

Metabolome-wide association study to decipher the risk of exogenous chemical exposure to liver cancer in a Chinese nested case-control cohort.

Bisphenols/Phthalates

An assessment of measurement error when using maternal urinary phthalates as proxies for placental tissue levels in the estimation of the association of prenatal phthalates and infant anogenital distance.

Oxidative Stress as a Pathway Linking Maternal Phthalate and Bisphenol Exposure to Childhood Allergy and Lung Function: Mediation and Interaction Analyses.

Association Between Urinary Phthalate Metabolites and Early Spontaneous Abortion.

Association of umbilical cord blood phthalate levels with neonatal growth parameters in term pregnancies.

Long-term association between phthalate exposure in pregnancy and midlife bone mineral density among women in Mexico City.

Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials

Parabens exposure, depression, and cardiovascular metabolic health in the elderly: Findings from a cross-sectional study in China.

Exposure to Urinary and Dust Parabens: Compound-Specific Risks for Pediatric Respiratory Allergic Phenotypes.

PFAS

Fat-soluble vitamins modulate transplacental transfer efficiencies of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and their association with neonatal anthropometric measurements.

Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, Placental DNA Methylation, and Small Vulnerable Newborns: Insights from the Shanghai Maternal-Child Pairs Cohort.

Flame Retardants

Metabolite profiling of organophosphate ester exposure and type 2 diabetes mellitus risk: A metabolomics study in an epidemiological setting.

Pesticides

Tryptophan metabolism in neonicotinoids exposure-induced diabetes: Emerging insights and predictive implications.

Association of Serum Organophosphorus Pesticide Levels with T2D Risk and Blood Glucose Changes: A Nested Case-Control Study.

[A Study of the Association and Interaction Between Organophosphorus Pesticide Exposure and Insulin Resistance in Non-diabetic Adults]. [in Chinese]

Metals/Metalloids

The impact of arsenic exposure on DNA methylation in humans: building an epigenetic biomarker of exposure across three independent cohorts.

First-Trimester Profiling of Maternal Plasma Metals and Vitamins in Relation to Gestational Hypertension.

Associations of 24-h urinary excretion of heavy metals and trace elements with estimated glomerular filtration rate and chronic kidney disease.

Prenatal metal exposure moderates the effect of CRH-related DNA methylation in the placenta on infant communication outcomes at 2 months of age.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Micro(nano)plastics in the Development of Myocardial Fibrosis: From Clinical Detection to Molecular Mechanism.

Air Pollution

Long-term exposure to ambient PM_2.5 constituents and risk of microvascular complications among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a nationwide cohort study in UK.

Associations between multiple air pollutants and insulin resistance in Chinese adults: the moderating role of physical activity.

Miscellaneous

Association of Urinary Perchlorate and Thiocyanate With Cognitive Function in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Laboratory Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Identification of pharmaceuticals and environmental contaminants as obesogens inducing a locomotion-independent thrifty phenotype

Bisphenols

Prenatal bisphenol A exposure reprograms SF1-lactylation pathways to promote endometriosis susceptibility.

Sex-specific effects of 17-β-estradiol and bisphenol A on neutrophil function and phenotype – does centrifugation matter?

Protective effects of panax ginseng against bisphenol a-induced testicular toxicity in rats.

Chronic exposure to environmentally relevant Bisphenol F induces hepatic injury and inflammation in Zebrafish.

Indole metabolites produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus impedes bisphenol F- aryl hydrocarbon receptor interaction and ameliorates bisphenol F induced depression-like changes.

The dual toxicity of bisphenol A in Larimichthys polyactis: Inhibition of growth and impairment of gonadal development.

Phthalates

In vitro assessment of the impact of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and its metabolites on the function and transcription of key glucose sensing proteins in a rat pancreatic β-cell line.

Mechanism exploration of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)-induced hepatocellular carcinoma via network toxicology and molecular docking analysis.

Quercetin Improves Cognitive Function by Ameliorating Histopathological Changes and Inflammation in Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate-Exposed Mice.

High-concentration MEHP triggers mtDNA depletion in undifferentiated HepaRG and C2C12 cultures and disrupts mitochondrial homeostasis in both HepaRG culture states.

Key Toxic Genes and Mechanisms of Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate-Induced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Multi-Omics Study.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

The Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor-Dependent Signaling Pathway in the Profibrotic Effects of Dioxin-like Compounds in Human Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells.

Mitochondrial dysfunction as a potential pathway linking DL-PCB exposure to intrauterine growth retardation.

PFAS

PFOA Exposure Elicits Quantitative Lipidomic Changes in the Pancreas in a Mouse Model of Pancreatic Cancer.

Exploring the toxicological impact of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate on glioblastoma through network toxicology, machine learning, and multi-dimensional bioinformatics analysis.

Mechanistic insights into PFAS-induced effects on B lymphocyte activation and antibody secretion.

Metabolomic Insights Into Taurine-Mediated Protection Against PFOS-Induced Impairment of Porcine Oocyte Maturation and Embryonic Development.

ZIP14-VDAC2 mediates the transport of extracellular iron into mitochondria in hepatocytes under PFOS exposure.

Integrated Multi-Omics Reveals Synergistic Hepatotoxicity of Ethanol and PFOS Co-Exposure.

Multigenerational toxicity of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) on the demography of Simocephalus vetulus (Branchiopoda).

New Docking, Molecular Dynamics, and QSAR Models to Predict Disruption of Human and Rat Transthyretin Function by Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

Common Carp Kidney as a Multipurpose Biomarker Organ: Insights from Perfluorooctanoic Acid Exposure.

Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) Disrupts Mitochondrial Activity and Cell Adhesion in Liver Cells.

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in follicular fluid and human granulosa cell dysfunction: a physiologically based toxicokinetic model translation of long-term low-level in vitro exposure data.

Flame Retardants

Gestational/lactational tetrachlorobisphenol A exposure induces gut microbiota dysbiosis and metabolic disruption: Implications for intergenerational health risks.

Organotins

Post-embryonic consequences of embryonic exposure: Mechanisms of Developmental Toxicity Induced by selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors and tributyltin in Daphnia magna.

Tributyltin Alters Hepatic Immune Microenvironment to ProMote Liver Fibrosis Progression in Rats.

Subchronic low-dose tributyltin exposure is associated with parallel hypothalamic IL-10 suppression and ovarian inflammatory-endocrine alterations in female rats.

Pesticides

Chlorpyrifos exposure induced cytotoxic death in pancreatic islet β-cells via the functional co-activation of JNK and AMPKα signaling downstream-mediated mitochondria-dependent apoptosis pathway.

Exposure to glyphosate-based herbicide impairs uterine decidualization via disruption of autophagy-adhesion molecules-uNK cell residence in mice.

Combined Exposure to Dicamba and 2,4-D Induces Cytotoxicity, Oxidative Stress, and Apoptosis in Human Intestinal Cells (Caco-2).

Impact of glyphosate and its mixture with 2,4-D and dicamba on gut biochemical function, intestinal barrier integrity and microbiome composition in adult rats with prenatal commencement of exposure.

Pesticide beta-cypermethrin impairs endometrial decidualization and embryo implantation by suppressing autophagy through oxidative stress.

Hidden Risk of degradation products:Pyriproxyfen degradation products Induce Heightened Developmental Toxicity and Neurobehavioral Deficits in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryos.

Evaluation of Immunotoxicity Induced by Organophosphorus Pesticide Malathion.

Endocrine Disruption Induced by Environmental Exposure to the Acaricide Cyflumetofen and Its Main Metabolite.

Myricetin attenuates atrazine-induced dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of rats via anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic mechanisms

Environmentally Relevant Body Residues of Current-Use and Legacy Pesticide Mixtures Induce Behavioral Changes in Juvenile Chinook Salmon.

Embryonic exposure to environmental levels of roundup affects neurodevelopment in zebrafish.

Metals/Metalloids

Mixed Heavy Metal Exposure During Pregnancy Induces GDM-like Metabolic Dysfunction Associated with Glycer-Ophospholipid Metabolic Reprogramming and Altered Insig1 Expression: A Multi-Omics Study in Rats.

Synergistic Toxicity of Low-Concentration Metal Mixture on Male Rats: Reproductive, Renal, and Hepatic Effects.

The Effect and Molecular Mechanism of Fto Gene Knockout on Cadmium-Induced Injury in Pancreatic β-Cells.

Arsenic disturbs spermatogenesis via disrupting Sertoli cell junctions in mice: potential involvement of the TGF-β3/p38 MAPK pathway.

Arsenic-Induced PPARγ, with the Coordinated Action of p62, Inhibits Apoptosis and Necroptosis and Activates the DNA Damage Response in A549 Lung Cancer Cells, Leading to Carcinogenesis.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Prenatal exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics impairs offspring fertility in mice by disrupting meiotic recombination and chromatin accessibility in oocytes.

Exposure to polylactic acid microplastics during puberty increases the risk of skeletal dysplasia by disrupting arachidonic acid metabolism in osteoblasts.

Exposure to Nanoplastics Disrupts Neurotransmitter Release in Rat Hippocampal Neurons.

Combined intratracheal instillation of trace emerging pollutants induced testicular damage.

Size- and Time-Dependent Impacts of Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics on Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.): Intestinal Tolerance, Hepatic Injury, and Intestinal Microbiota Dysbiosis.

Co-exposure to positively charged polystyrene microplastics and butylparaben exacerbates intestinal injury and behavioral abnormalities in zebrafish.

Effects of 52-Day Oral Exposure to Fluorescent Polystyrene Microplastics on Hormonal Profile, Sperm Parameters, and Fertility in Male Wistar Rats.

Polystyrene nanoplastic-encapsulated extracellular vesicles promote blood-brain barrier breakdown and accumulate in the brain.

Nephroprotective role of edaravone against polystyrene nanoplastic-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in Wistar rats.

Network Toxicology and In Vivo Studies Reveal the Toxicity and Mechanisms of Tributyl Citrate Carried by Microplastics in Promoting Colitis-to-Tumorigenesis Transformation.

Air Pollution

Prenatal exposure to particulate matter impairs offspring behavior via hippocampal NMDA receptor reduction: an in vivo and ex vivo study.

Miscellaneous

An AI-based integrative framework with multi-omics and experimental validation reveals mechanisms of DABP-induced neurotoxicity.

Differential Effects of Phenanthrene and Its Chlorinated Congeners on Hormone Production and Mitochondrial Function in Ovarian Granulosa Cells.

Subchronic exposure of tire wear particles leachate induces oxidative stress and DNA damage in zebrafish (Danio rerio) brain.

Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Mitigate Nonylphenol-Induced Testicular Toxicity by Modulating Blood-Testis Barrier Proteins and JAK2/STAT3 Signaling.

Exposure/Environment Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Sociodemographic characteristics of populations living near industrial land disposals of known and suspected carcinogens across the United States.

Chemical profile of respirator cartridges worn in the field by wildland firefighters.

Mixed Method Study of Drivers and Obstacles to Exposure-Reducing Behaviors to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals During Pregnancy.

Occurrence and Washout of Health-Hazardous Chemicals in Children’s Clothing.

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in breast milk and early life exposure for infants in the United States.

Bisphenols

Probabilistic health risk assessment of exposure to bisphenol A in a Spanish population cohort.

Phthalates

Occupation and urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations in a national survey of adults in Canada.

Evaluating the use of silicone wristbands and urinary biomarkers to assess personal exposure to phthalates.

An integration approach for health risk assessment and priority control factor identification of indoor phthalates in a plastic waste recycling plant.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

Organochlorine pesticides in Canadian human milk from the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) study.

Tracing environmental contaminants in magellanic penguins: Legacy POPs and metabolic clearance of PAHs.

PFAS

PFAS co-positivities identified in more than 10,000 serum/plasma samples.

Assessing Nondietary Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Firefighters Using Silicone Wristbands.

Serum PFAS in Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Firefighters From Six U.S. Airport Fire Departments.

Flame Retardants

Long-term dynamics and circularity implications of brominated flame retardants in China’s plastics.

Descriptive analysis of exposure levels of organophosphate esters among firefighters, paramedics, and office workers

Pesticides

Quantifying insecticide exposure across an agricultural landscape gradient using barn swallows as a wildlife indicator.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Microplastics in neonates: an overlooked cost of parenteral nutrition.

Miscellaneous

High levels of urinary naphthalene metabolites measured in a sample of California schoolchildren: a call to expand monitoring and identify exposure sources

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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. Industry-funded articles are included without notation. 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. There are searchable archives. Compiled by Sarah Howard of Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS), a program of Environmental Health Sciences.

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New online course: EDCs 101
by Sarah Howard on April 29, 2026 at 5:41 pm
HEEDS has created an online course on endocrine disrupting chemicals and we are looking for people to try it out. This course is designed to break down how endocrine disrupting chemicals work inside the body and the supporting evidence about how these chemicals change the way we think about health.
Webinar: Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides: health outcomes & potential mechanisms
by Sarah Howard on April 29, 2026 at 10:12 am
This May 19 webinar features two early-career scientists who will discuss their research on the health effects of prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides. Sponsored by the EDC Strategies Partnership and the HEEDS Young EDC Scientist Showcase. Register/information.
HEEDS EDC-North Carolina meeting
by Sarah Howard on March 24, 2026 at 12:51 pm
EDC-North Carolina's fifth annual meeting will be held on Friday, May 29, 2026. It will be held at NIEHS in the Rodbell Auditorium, and attendance is free and open to everyone. There will be awards for best posters; posters from other meetings are accepted. More information here. Sponsored by Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS).

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Massachusetts PFAS and Your Health Study
by EHN Curators on May 13, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Researchers at Silent Spring Institute are tracking PFAS exposure in Massachusetts communities to better understand the chemicals’ long-term health effects and help residents reduce future risks.
Vitamins and essential minerals may help minimize the impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals
by Environmental Health Sciences Staff on May 8, 2026 at 6:38 pm
According to a recent review published by Current Environmental Health Reports, a healthy diet that includes vitamins and minerals (known collectively as micronutrients) may lessen the health effects of some toxic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).
Toxic chemicals and climate change work together to harm fertility across species
by Environmental Health Sciences Staff on May 1, 2026 at 8:37 pm
In a recent review published in NPJ Emerging Contaminants, researchers examine how toxic chemicals can reduce fertility in both humans and wildlife, and how these effects are worsened by climate change.

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Norway puts UN project funding on hold raising fears for plastics treaty talks
by EHN Curators on May 12, 2026 at 12:20 pm
The move by the program's largest donor poses further uncertainty for already troubled negotiations.
Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation
by EHN Curators on May 12, 2026 at 11:55 am
PFAS levels shot up from the 1960s through the peak of the chemicals’ use in the late 1990s and early 2000s, then fell.
EPA to propose rolling back some Biden-era PFAS limits in drinking water under Trump plan
by EHN Curators on May 8, 2026 at 12:35 pm
The Trump administration plans to weaken some Biden-era limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water.