Another NOTE: Last week I said I would reduce the number of articles, and some people were concerned about that. I won’t reduce them much! Mostly I will reduce the air pollution studies. For things like BPA, phthalates, parabens, PFAS, flame retardants, and POPs, I will keep including essentially all of them. If you have any topics you are particularly interested in, let me know! (There is a large and growing number of studies on microplastics, for example, is that of interest? I include some of them but certainly not all, but could include more or less depending on people’s interests. The Marine Pollution Bulletin publishes dozens of studies weekly on microplastics and other chemicals in various places around the world, and I’d rather not include all of them…). I’ll try to focus on endocrine disruption or endocrine disruptors in general. And if you know of any events, feel free to send them to me.
A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week.
Contents: Events, Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies
Events
Webinar June 9: DDT Exposure in Grandmothers Linked to Obesity, Earlier Periods in Granddaughters: New Meaning of “Persistence” for an Environmental Chemical Banned 50 Years Ago (EDC Strategies Partnership)
Webinar June 10: 25 Years After Our Stolen Future: What Have We Learned About Endocrine Disruption? (Society of Toxicology of Canada and The Intersectoral Centre for Endocrine Disruptor Analysis (ICEDA))
Webinar June 10: Putting the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability into action: Looking forward (Food Packaging Forum)
Online conference June 15-16: 1st International Endocrine Disruptor Conference on the Island of Ireland (PROTECTED Project)
Online conference June 15-16: 1st International Endocrine Disruptor Conference on the Island of Ireland (PROTECTED Project)
Methods/Tools/Screening
Analyses of Epigenetic Modification in Environmental Pollutants-Induced Neurotoxicity. Review of methods. This issue of Methods Mol Biol has other articles of interest, including:
- Evaluations of Environmental Pollutant-Induced Mitochondrial Toxicity Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model System.
- High-Throughput Measurement for Toxic Effects of Metal Mixtures in Caenorhabditis elegans.
- Identification of Stable Reference Genes for Toxicogenomic and Gene Expression Analysis.
- Semi-Quantitative RT-PCR: An Effective Method to Explore the Regulation of Gene Transcription Level Affected by Environmental Pollutants.
Towards a science-based testing strategy to identify maternal thyroid hormone imbalance and neurodevelopmental effects in the progeny – part II: how can key events of relevant adverse outcome pathways be addressed in toxicological assessments? (and here’s last year’s part 1: which parameters from human studies are most relevant for toxicological assessments?)
Commentaries
BPA/Phthalates
Early Life Exposure to Food Contaminants and Social Stress as Risk Factor for Metabolic Disorders Occurrence?-An Overview. [includes BPA and phthalates]
Polymer Composites Filled with Metal Derivatives: A Review of Flame Retardants
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Flame Retardants
A review on the analytical procedures of halogenated flame retardants by gas chromatography coupled with single quadrupole mass spectrometry and their levels in human samples.
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
Air Pollution
Numerous Chemicals
Mixtures
BPA/Phenols
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
A case-control study of thallium exposure with the risk of premature ovarian insufficiency in women.
Air Pollution
Laboratory Studies
BPA/Phenols
Resveratrol Butyrate Esters Inhibit BPA-Induced Liver Damage in Male Offspring Rats by Modulating Antioxidant Capacity and Gut Microbiota
Behavioral changes and hyperglycemia in NODEF mice following bisphenol S exposure are affected by diets. [re type 1 diabetes]
New insights into bisphenols induced obesity in zebrafish (Danio rerio): Activation of cannabinoid receptor CB1. [BPA and TBBPA]
Co-occurring environmental stressors have emerging impacts on sensory-motor behavior. [BPA and low light]
Phthalates
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Organotins
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics
Air Pollution
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Mixtures
Miscellaneous
Exposure/Environment Studies
BPA/Phenols
Validation and Use of an Accurate, Sensitive Method for Sample Preparation and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Determination of Different Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Dairy Products [BPA, parabens, triclosan, pesticides, etc.] Human Biomonitoring Data Enables Evidence-Informed Policy to Reduce Internal Exposure to Persistent Organic Compounds: A Case Study The Isotopic Signature of Lead Emanations during the Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics
Air Pollution
Biomonitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) among hairdressers in salons primarily serving women of color: A pilot study.
Pharmaceutical Pollution and Disposal of Expired, Unused, and Unwanted Medicines in the Brazilian Context
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Miscellaneous
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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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