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:
- The alarming consequences of workforce reductions at the FDA, EPA, NIH and CDC
- Grandmaternal perinatal PCBs and prevalence of obesity in adult daughters and granddaughters.
- Phthalate exposure from plastics and cardiovascular disease: global estimates of attributable mortality and years life lost
- A state of the science review of human health effects of the Michigan PBB contamination after five decades.
Events
May 8 webinar: Changes at NIH: What do they mean for environmental health? [EDC Strategies Partnership]
May 10-13: EDC sessions at European endocrinology society meeting [European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE)]
May 14: Minimising the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals on health and environment [a scientific update following the Joint Congress of ESPE and ESE, sponsored by ESE]
May 15 webinar: Microplastics’ Impact on the Brain & Heart [Beyond Plastics, PSR NY, Environmental Advocates]
June 10 conference: Preventing diseases by reducing exposure to harmful chemicals (hybrid) [Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)]
June 16-17 workshop: Roadmap to phase out animal testing for chemical safety assessments [The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)]
July 30 – Aug. 1 conference: U.S. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Society Annual Meeting
Regulations/Policy
Methods/Tools/Screening
Developing a feasible fast-track testing method for developmental neurotoxicity studies: alternative model for risk assessment of micro- and nanoplastics.
Commentaries
Reviews/Meta-Analyses
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
Neonicotinoid insecticides in non-target organisms: Occurrence, exposure, toxicity, and human health risks
Phthalates
PFAS
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Metals/Metalloids
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
Human Health Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
Bisphenols/Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
PFAS
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Metals/Metalloids
Air Pollution
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Miscellaneous
Laboratory Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
Exploring pesticide risk in autism via integrative machine learning and network toxicology
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
PFAS
Flame Retardants
Organotins
Pesticides
Exploring pesticide risk in autism via integrative machine learning and network toxicology
Transcriptomic implications of low herbicide concentrations in hepatic cells: Insights into the individual and combined effects of 2,4-D, glyphosate, and AMPA.
Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to the Impairment of Steroid Hormones, Sperm Characteristics, and Testicular Architecture in Male Rabbits After Chronic Exposure to Cadmium: Role of Gallic Acid and Selenium as Antioxidants.
Metals/Metalloids
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Miscellaneous
Exposure/Environment Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
Parabens/Triclosan/ Antimicrobials
PFAS
Hold My Beer: The Linkage between Municipal Water and Brewing Location on PFAS in Popular Beverages.
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
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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.