A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week.
Contents: Events, Regulations/Policy, Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries/Conference Summaries, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies
Events
Webinar Dec. 15: PFAS Exposure and Epigenetics in the Firefighter Cancer Cohort Study (EDC Strategies Partnership)
Webinar Dec. 8: Microplastics from Food and Water: State of the Science and Potential Impacts on Human Health (the National Academies)
Virtual workshop Dec. 10: Addressing Racism As a Public Health Issue Through the Lens of Environmental Health Disparities and Environmental Justice (NIEHS)
Virtual seminar Dec. 10: The Multifaceted Challenges with Microplastics and Nanoplastics (University of Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD)) In-person course: May 25-June 9: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Hazards and Opportunities (Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole)
In-person Gordon Research Conference and Seminar June 18-24: EDCs and the Environment and Harnessing Interdisciplinary Evidence for Endocrine Disruption to Improve Public Health
Virtual workshop Dec. 10: Addressing Racism As a Public Health Issue Through the Lens of Environmental Health Disparities and Environmental Justice (NIEHS)
Virtual seminar Dec. 10: The Multifaceted Challenges with Microplastics and Nanoplastics (University of Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD))
Virtual conference Jan 10-13: PPTOX VII: International Conference on Prenatal Programming and Toxicity
In-person Gordon Research Conference and Seminar June 18-24: EDCs and the Environment and Harnessing Interdisciplinary Evidence for Endocrine Disruption to Improve Public Health
Regulations/Policy
Methods/Tools/Screening
Commentaries/Conference Summaries
Reviews
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
Perinatal exposure to Bisphenol A and developmental programming of the cardiovascular changes in the offspring.
Perinatal exposure to Bisphenol A and developmental programming of the cardiovascular changes in the offspring.
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Organotins
Microplastics
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Human Health Studies
BPA/Phenols
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Air Pollution
Laboratory Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
Converging Effects of Three Different Endocrine Disrupters on Sox and Pou Gene Expression in Developing Rat Hippocampus: Possible Role of microRNA in Sex Differences. [PCBs, BPA, chlorpyrifos]
BPA/Phenols
Phthalates
Exposure to a combination of MWCNTs and DBP causes splenic toxicity in Mice. [multi-walled carbon nanotubes and phthalates]
[Disruption of sexual behavior by phthalates in mice: Females are more vulnerable than males]. [in French]
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
The silence of the clams: Forestry registered pesticides as multiple stressors on soft-shell clams. [best title of the week]
The Effects of Benoxacor on the Liver and Gut Microbiome of C57BL/6 Mice. [an “inert” pesticide ingredient]
Low concentrations of glyphosate alone affect the pubertal male rat meiotic step: An in vitro study.
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Exposure/Environment Studies
Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
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 from dates added to PubMed. To see the searchable archives, please email me at sar…@gmail.com and ask to join the EDC Science Weekly group EDC_re…@googlegroups.com. 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, Diabetes and Environment Program and HEEDS at Commonweal.
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