EDC Science Weekly, Feb 10 – 23, 2021

A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week. 
 
Contents: Events, Regulations/Policy, Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies
 
Events
 
Book Release 
 
Listen to the webinar today, Feb. 23, with Dr. Swan and a panel discussion about the book: 
Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race
And read about the book in Environmental Health News, Count Down: The Infertility Crisis
 
Additional webinars
 
Feb. 24: Promoting Equity and Health: An Anticolonial Model from an Indigenous-Led Marine-Science Laboratory

Feb. 25: Prenatal Exposures to Phthalates, Oil and Gas, and Pesticides: Effects on Birth Outcomes and Developmental Disabilities

Mar. 3: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Effects on Mothers, and Interactions with Lifestyle
 
Regulations/Policy    
 
 
 
 
 
 

Methods/Tools/Screening 
 
 
 
 
Commentaries
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reviews
 
Numerous EDCs
BPA/Phenols
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements
 
 
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
 
Numerous Chemicals
 
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
 
 
 
Parabens
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
Laboratory Studies
 
BPA/Phenols
 
Low-dose Bisphenol A and its analogues Bisphenol F and S activate estrogen receptor ß and slightly modulate genes in human gingival keratinocytes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
 
 
 
 
Mixtures
 
 
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
Exposure/Environment Studies
 
Numerous Chemicals
 
 
BPA/Phenols
 
 
 
Phthalates
 
 
 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
 
 
 
 
 
Flame Retardants
 
 
 
 
 
Pesticides
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potentially Toxic Elements  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Microplastics
 
 
 
Air Pollution
 
 
 
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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. Feel free to forward. Compiled by Sarah Howard, Diabetes and Environment Program and HEEDS at Commonweal.
 
 

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