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
June 30 webinar: Suspect Screening and Chemical Exposures in Pregnant Women (EaRTH Center)
July 14: Inaugural PFAS Conference (EWG)
July 15 webinar: Throwaway Packaging, Forever Chemicals: European wide survey of PFAS in disposable food packaging and tableware and efforts to phase it out at top US Grocery and Fast-food Chains (EDC Strategies Partnership)
Regulations/Policy
Considerations and Regulatory Approaches in the USA and in the EU for dsRNA-Based Externally Applied Pesticides for Plant Protection.
The “EU chemicals strategy for sustainability” questions regulatory toxicology as we know it: is it all rooted in sound scientific evidence? [editorial by German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment]
Methods/Tools/Screening
Commentaries/Conference Summaries
New research on reduction and/or elimination of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. [intro to a special issue]
Bisphenol A measurement challenge. [a puzzle!]
Reviews
Numerous EDCs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics/Nanoplastics
Human Health Studies
BPA/Phenols
Parabens
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
In Utero Exposure to Heavy Metals and Trace Elements and Childhood Blood Pressure in a U.S. Urban, Low-Income, Minority Birth Cohort. [see related Invited Perspective: Metal Mixtures and Child Health: The Complex Interplay of Essential and Toxic Elements.]
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Miscellaneous
Laboratory Studies
BPA/Phenols
Phthalates
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Mixtures
Exposure/Environment Studies
BPA/Phenols
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Mixtures
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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. Compiled by Sarah Howard, Diabetes and Environment Program and HEEDS at Commonweal.
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