EDC Science Weekly, June 26 – July 8, 2026

A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed over the past two weeks.

Contents: Regulations/Policy, Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries, Reviews/Meta-Analyses, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies

Highlights:

Product selection strategies in shifting chemical exposures among Black women and Latinas
High-Throughput Suspect Screening Reveals Widespread Pesticide Exposure in Early Childhood
First study on the toxicokinetic approach of MNPs in an environmentally exposed human population
Journal of the Endocrine Society Focused Collection: Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals: Environmental Health, Endocrinology, and Beyond

Science summaries and highlights

Regulations/Policy

Adverse Outcome Pathway Frameworks for Dietary Contaminants: Bridging Mechanistic Toxicology with Regulatory Food Safety.

Glyphosate: US Supreme Court backs Trump stance, angering MAHA.

More EDC policy, FPF’s regulations open for comment, and Science’s Trump-Tracker.

Methods/Tools/Screening

AI-Enabled Mapping of Structure-Hazard Relationships for Emerging Contaminants

Advancing PFAS biomonitoring with a validated high-throughput suspect screening workflow in a longitudinal birth cohort.

PFASGroups: An Open-Source Framework for Automated Identification, Structural Classification, and Prioritization of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.

New approach methodologies as first tier in an integrated approach to testing and assessment for non-genotoxic carcinogens.

Causality analysis of toxicological mechanisms in networked systems such as adverse outcome pathway networks.

A Multiparametric 3D Cortical Neurosphere NAM for Developmental Neurotoxicity: Chlorpyrifos and a Biomonitoring-Anchored PFAS Mixture.

Gradient-Boosting Threshold Identification for Developmental Toxicity: A BPAF Case-Study Framework for Early-Stage Risk Assessment.

PBK modelling of phthalates and their metabolites and the application in next generation risk assessment.

In vitro models for gonadal and placental toxicity: A review and industry survey.

Zebrafish Behavioral Assessment as a First-Tier Whole-Organism NAM for Developmental Neurotoxicity: A Multi-Laboratory Evaluation.

Network toxicology deciphers micro- and nanoplastics-mediated mixture hazard, predictive risk assessment, and regulatory translation.

TOXTRUST: a tool leveraging the Dempster-Shafer Theory for robust integration of NAM results in decision-making considering uncertainty.

Commentaries

Carcinogenicity of butyl benzyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, and diisononyl phthalate. [News item in The Lancet Oncology]

Cardiovascular toxicity as a globally harmonized system hazard trait: The evidence and the path forward.

NAMazing: MAHA finally names alternatives to animal testing the path to find causes of autism – now make the banner meet the bench.

Reviews/Meta-Analyses

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

The combined impact of chemical and non-chemical stressors on adverse health outcomes: an overview of reviews from the epidemiological literature and experimental animal studies.

Targeting Epigenetic Dysregulation: Antioxidants as Countermeasures Against EDC-Induced Reproductive Toxicity

Implications of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals for Human Health and Effective Methods for Prevention and Reduction.

An Overview of How Epigenetics, MicroRNA-21, and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds Affect Oocyte Maturation and Pre-Implantation Embryo Development.

Genetic Polymorphisms as Key Modulators of Cardiovascular Risk from Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals.

The Global Decline in Sperm Count and Testosterone Levels: Trends, Mechanisms, and Environmental Drivers

Bisphenols/Phthalates

Association between bisphenol exposure and polycystic ovary syndrome risk: an integrated systematic review and meta-analysis.

From Plastics to Pathology: The Neurodegenerative Impact of Bisphenol-A on Alzheimer’s Disease.

From Plastic to Pelvis: Two Decades of Evidence on Bisphenol A and Endometriosis in Indonesia’s Online Food Delivery Era.

BPA and Male Reproductive Health: Mechanistic Insights, Toxicological Implications, and the Protective Role of Antioxidants.

Toxicological Effects of Phthalate Plasticizers in Zebrafish Models: A Review.

PFAS

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and the risk of thyroid and breast cancer: Evidence from a meta-analysis and computational toxicology.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Exposure and Ischemic Heart Disease: Emerging Evidence from the Literature

Risk Assessment of PFAS-Induced Male Reproductive Toxicity: A Comprehensive Evaluation Using the TRAEC Strategy

Impact of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) on Brain Development and Function.

Toxic Effects of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) on the Gut Microenvironment and Their Potential Association with Colorectal Cancer.

Human Exposure Pathways to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)-A Comprehensive Review of Sources, Physicochemical Properties, and Human Health Risk Assessment.

Sex-Specific Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of PFAS-Induced Reproductive Toxicity.

Emerging Links Between PFAS Exposure and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: A Narrative Review of Epidemiologic Evidence, Mechanistic Insights, and Research Gaps.

Hormesis in biomedical and toxicological models: A generalizable phenomenon induced by per- and polyfluoroalkyl agents.

Metals/Metalloids

Impact of exposure to metallic elements on gestational diabetes mellitus: Insights from human investigations.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Metabolic footprint of microplastics and nanoparticles: From environmental exposure to metabolic diseases.

Microplastics as Vectors Influencing Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Endocrine Function During Early Development.

Micro- and Nanoplastics as Emerging Drivers of Liver Injury: Exposure, Evidence, and Mechanisms

Micro- and Nanoplastics as Drivers and Modulators of Hepatotoxicity in Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Interactions with Environmental Co-Contaminants and Molecular Mechanisms.

Microplastics as trojan horses: A new perspective on bisphenol toxicity in male infertility and assisted reproduction.

Microplastics in Foods Intended for Health Purposes: From Dietary Supplements to Clinical Nutrition Products.

Analysis and Risks of Emerging Contaminants and Microplastics in Natural and Treated Waters and Human Health: A Critical Review.

Microplastics in the air and potential health risks – a narrative review.

Microplastics as Emerging Viral Vectors: Nexus, Mechanisms, Ecological Implications and Health Risks.

Emerging role of microplastics and nanoplastics in children’s health.

Microplastic trafficking in maternal-fetal system: a systematic review and quantitative profiling linking particle characteristics to developmental biology.

Human Exposure to Micro- and Nanoplastics and Their Potential Neurological Implications: A Systematic Review of Emerging Evidence.

From laboratory to the field: the role of microplastics as vectors of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment.

Air Pollution

Air pollution and adverse birth outcomes: a narrative review of epidemiological and mechanistic findings.

Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products

New approach methodologies for evaluating developmental and reproductive toxicity potential: Review on state of the art, applicability for cosmetic related ingredients and coverage of developmental stages.

Miscellaneous

Tire-derived antioxidants in terrestrial ecosystems: Occurrence, mechanistic toxicity, and sustainable mitigation strategies.

6PPD-quinone induces systemic and transgenerational effects in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Review: Reproductive toxicity of benzo[α]pyrene: Effects, mechanisms, and perspectives.

Human Health Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Understanding the role of environmental pollutants on preterm births in Puerto Rico: The PROTECT approach.

Joint associations between gestational environmental chemical mixtures and child behavioral outcomes.

Metabolic perturbations underlying the associations of non-persistent organic pollutant mixtures with blood pressure: a panel study in adults.

Bisphenols/Phthalates

Prenatal and childhood exposure to common plasticizers and risk-taking behavior in young adolescents.

Long-term association between phthalate exposure in pregnancy and midlife bone mineral density among women in Mexico City.

Blood Leukocyte DNA Methylation of Circadian Genes in Relation to Environmental Phthalate Exposure in Mexican Adolescents.

Association of umbilical cord blood phthalate levels with neonatal growth parameters in term pregnancies.

Joint trajectories of ADHD and autistic traits in preschoolers linked to prenatal phthalate exposure: insights from the cord blood metabolome.

Prenatal Bisphenol A Exposure and Sex-Differentiated Childhood BMI Over Time: A Longitudinal Korean Cohort Study.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

Relationship between ovarian reserve and parental exposure in first-generation offspring of Yusho patients.

Effects of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) on adolescent body composition: Integrating epidemiology and bioinformatics.

PFAS

Associations between prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure and maternal fatty acid homeostasis: Nonmonotonic, compartment-specific patterns in plasma and red blood cells.

Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and the Risk of Sarcopenia: The Mediating Role of Serum Albumin.

Associations of maternal PFAS exposure with offspring growth trajectories from birth to age 2 years.

The transfer of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from mother to child: Comparison between maternal and cord blood in an Italian cohort.

Flame Retardants

PM_2.5-bound organophosphate esters and childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms: A population-based study from China.

Bridging exposure and disease: serum hormones as potential mediators between PBDEs and preeclampsia.

Relationship between the levels of metabolites of organophosphate flame retardants in adult urine and NAFLD.

Pesticides

Effects of prenatal pyrethroid pesticides exposure on neurodevelopment of 3-year-old children: A birth cohort study in rural Southwest China.

Deltamethrin Placental Transfer and Seasonal Pyrethroid Exposure: A Mother-Newborn Dyad Pilot Study.

Metals/Metalloids

Maternal Anemia and Pediatric Neurodevelopment in Children from Mothers Exposed to Mixed Heavy Metals in Suriname.

Associations of prenatal dietary exposure to multiple trace elements and child neurodevelopment in the ELFE mother-child cohort.

Lead exposure and risk of ADHD and conduct disorders in children: evidence from a retrospective cohort in Philadelphia, PA

Occupational heavy metal exposure and endocrine-metabolic biomarkers: a retrospective analysis of 34,595 screened individuals in Türkiye.

Combined Effects and Potential Mechanisms of Multiple Metals Exposure on Coronary Artery Disease in the US Population: An Integrated Epidemiological and Network Toxicology Study.

Heavy Metal Mixture Exposure and Insulin Resistance in U.S. Adults: The Mediating Role of Systemic Inflammation.

Maternal whole blood mercury, cadmium and lead concentrations during pregnancy and lactation and infant heavy metal status at six months.

Exposure to toxic metals/metalloids in the environment and in vitro fertilization outcomes in a population group from Romania.

Exposure to Heavy Metals Arsenic, Cadmium and Lead Exacerbates Carcinogenic and Noncarcinogenic Health Risks Among Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients.

Serum trace and heavy metal exposure and IVF/ICSI outcomes: modifying effects of maternal diet in a prospective cohort.

Stroke risk associated with the interaction between composite dietary antioxidant index and heavy metals: A cross-sectional explainable machine learning study using NHANES data.

Air Pollution

Maternal exposure to ozone during pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes in a Beijing pregnancy cohort study.

Ambient PM_2.5 exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus: Evidence from an instrumental variable analysis in a prospective birth cohort study in China.

Unraveling Health Disparities Across Cause-Specific Outcomes Associated with Emerging Air Pollutants: Evidence on Black Carbon and Ultrafine Particles in Buffalo, New York.

Miscellaneous

Association between maternal PAH exposure and immune-inflammatory indices during pregnancy

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study using CHARLS data.

Associations of Maternal Urinary Perchlorate, Thiocyanate, and Nitrate with Maternal Thyroid Function During Pregnancy: Modification by Iodine Status in the MARBLES Study.

Perchlorate Exposure in Chinese Primary Children: Levels, Potential Health Risks, and Association with Sexual Development.

Laboratory Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Maternal exposure to biosolids reshapes chemical burden and steroidogenic pathways to promote adipogenic differentiation in a sheep model.

Exploring the Mechanisms of EDCs-Induced Metabolic Disorders in Humans Using Network Toxicology and Molecular Docking.

Investigating the Shared Mechanisms of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Urogenital Tumors

Combined Developmental Toxicity of Ecologically Relevant Concentrations of the PFOS Alternative F-53B and Hexavalent Chromium in Zebrafish, Danio rerio.

Copper and PFOS Co-Exposure Induces Synergistic Neurotoxicity via ROS-Mediated Mitophagy in C. elegans.

Bisphenols

Coupled metabolic and endocrine dysregulation underlies the intergenerational toxicity of BPTMC: Insights from sex-specific transmission.

Vascular Endocrine-Disrupting Effects of Bisphenol F and Bisphenol S on Human Umbilical Artery.

Protective and Detoxifying Effects of Myrtus communis Essential Oil Against Bisphenol A-Induced Metabolic Disturbances in Wistar Rats

Bisphenol A induces a pro-angiogenic-like phenotype via the G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30) pathway.

Gut Microbiota-Mediated Histidine Deficiency Drives Testicular Ferroptosis Induced by Bisphenol F Exposure

Bisphenol A promotes esophageal carcinogenesis by activating the MMP1-PCOLCE regulatory axis and remodeling the tumor immune microenvironment.

BPA-induced differential methylation of the androgen receptor promoter CpG island in medaka germline and somatic cells.

Investigating the potential mechanism of bisphenols on neurodegeneration through network toxicology and molecular docking.

Integrated multi-omics analyses reveal potential inflammatory, hepatic, and endocrine risks of the overlooked BPA isomer o,p’-BPA.

The combined effect of early-life Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and post-weaning high-fat diet on the intestinal health of mice.

Toxicity assessment of three emerging bisphenols (BPA, BPAP and BPC) and their binary mixtures in an advanced in vitro 3D HepG2 cell model.

Chlorinated Bis-phenolic Disinfectants Inhibit Human and Rat Aromatase.

Multi-Target Interactions of Bisphenol A in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Evidence from Integrated Network Toxicology, Mendelian Randomization, and Molecular Docking.

Chronic exposure to Bisphenol AF from gestation through adulthood induces renal injury in 8-month-old mice via lipid metabolism dysregulation and ferroptosis.

Phthalates

Integrative Network Toxicology Reveals Potential Molecular Targets Linking Plasticizer Exposure to Inflammatory Gastrointestinal Disorders

MEHP exposure damages the basement membrane by suppressing the expression of its constituent proteins in peritubular myoid cells of the rat testis.

Involvement of ARG2-Mediated Autophagy in Di-2-ethylhexyl Phthalate-Induced Testicular Injury.

Diethyl Phthalate-Induced Oxidative Stress, Altered Biomarker Responses and Apoptosis in Zebrafish Larvae.

Metabolite-driven remodeling of hepatic lipid metabolism by the plasticizer di-isononyl phthalate.

Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials

Parabens exposure in systemic lupus erythematosus: insights from network toxicology and molecular docking.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

Subchronic low dose dioxin exposure disrupts hepatic and metabolic homeostasis in a sex- and diet-dependent manner.

PFAS

A double endocrine-disrupting effect of PFAS on intra- and extra-thyroid targets: inhibition of iodide uptake and interference with MCT8-mediated T3 transport in vitro.

Comparative Analysis of Structurally Diverse PFAS-Induced Injury in Vascular Endothelial Cells and Characterization of Necroptosis-Related Cell Death Signaling.

Investigating the Potential Effects of F-53B on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Through Network Toxicology, Molecular Docking, and In Vitro Validation.

A Network Toxicology Framework for Identification of Immune System Disruption by Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Mixture: In Silico Analysis.

Exploring Toxicological Mechanisms of Typical PFAS-Induced NAFLD through Integrated Computational Toxicology and AOP Frameworks

Incomplete versus Sustained Innate-Immune Responses in the Medicinal Leech following Chronic, Environmentally Relevant Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure

Prenatal Exposure to PFOA Induces Ovarian Function Impairment via the Disruption of the PPARγ/ANGPTL4 Pathway

Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Alters the Structure of the Gut Microbial Community and Colonoid Transcription

Sorbent Intervention to Reduce Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Maternal Reproductive Tissues and Transgenerational Translocation in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Comparative study on changes in serum amino acid metabolic profiles in mice exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid and sodium ρ-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate.

Reproductive toxicity effects and mechanisms of perfluorobutane sulfonate on the Clitellum in Eisenia fetida: Insights from histopathology, multi-omics and biomarker analyses.

Population-Specific Probabilistic Risk Assessment of PFOA for Ovarian Function Using PBTK Translation of Data from Subacute Exposure of Mice.

A q-RASAR approach for oral and inhalational toxicity prediction of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds (PFCs) using rodent toxicity data.

Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Exposure and Peripheral Artery Disease: Mendelian Randomization and Integrative Multi-Omics Systems Toxicology With Machine Learning.

Flame Retardants

TDCPP induces ferroptosis in THP-1 macrophages through mitochondrial regulation of Fe^2 + homeostasis.

TCEP Induces Liver Injury Through Suppression of the PI3K/AKT Axis: Integrated Evidence from Epidemiology, Network Toxicology, and In Vivo Validation.

Tris(2-Chloroethyl) Phosphate (TCEP) Induces Respiratory Toxicity Through Oxidative Stress and Multi-Target Interactions: Evidence From Network Toxicology, Molecular Docking, and Experimental Validation.

Tetrabromobisphenol S-induced developmental toxicity in zebrafish embryos: impacts on cytoskeletal proteins during gastrulation.

Organotins

Tributyltin chloride and triphenyltin chloride inhibit steroid hormone secretion by mouse Leydig cells TM3 and human adrenocortical cells H295R.

Pesticides

Gestational and lactational exposure to glyphosate and a glyphosate-based herbicide causes sex-dependent effects on neurodevelopment and monoaminergic markers in rats.

Glyphosate Induces Liver Macrophage Pyroptosis via Mitochondrial Damage-Mediated cGAS-STING Activation.

Towards ecological psychiatry: The herbicide glyphosate disrupts behavior through microbiota-gut-brain axis.

Exposure to Glyphosate and Chlorpyrifos Induces Oxidative Stress, Potentially Impacting Sex Determination in Zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Early Prediabetes Aggravates Neuroinflammatory and Cognitive Dysfunctional Responses to Chlorpyrifos Exposure: Possible Amelioration by Arachidonic Acid.

Paternal Exposure to Chlorpyrifos Disrupts Protein Regulation and Abolishes PKCβ Signaling in Learning‑Related Neural Circuits.

A Common Indoor Pollutant, 1,4-Dichlorobenzene, Induces Colonic Inflammation via Vitamin D Receptor-Reg3γ-Gut Microbiota Axis.

Effects of Early Life Exposure to the Insecticide Cyfluthrin on Cognitive Dysfunction in Offspring of Rats: Mechanisms of Action.

Transgenerational Effect of a Mixture of Pyrethroids in the Testis of Rats: A Transcriptome and Epigenome Analyses

Subacute Exposure to Macrocyclic Lactone Insecticides Induces Parkinson’s Disease-like Motor Deficits and Neuropathology in Mice.

Neurotoxicity and Mechanisms of Deltamethrin and Its Metabolite 3-PBA in HT22 Cells.

Metals/Metalloids

Effects of Environmental Arsenic Exposure on the Morphology of Multiple Organs in Female Mice During Pre-Pregnancy, Gestation, and Lactation.

Gestational Arsenic Exposure Induces Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease-like Phenotypes in Middle-Aged Offspring

Study on the effects and molecular mechanisms of arsenic-induced kidney damage in mice.

Arsenic Promotes Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis via MCFD2-Induced PERK/eIF2α-Mediated Integrated Stress Response.

Sex-specific dysregulation of sex hormones by heavy metal mixtures: Multi-model analysis identifies cadmium as the primary driver.

Sperm DNA methylation alterations induced by gestational arsenic exposure are established stepwise during spermatogenesis.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Invisible plastic release from overlooked usage practices in microwaved food packaging.

Leaching kinetics and release mechanisms of microplastics/nanoparticles from medical personal protective equipment into physiological fluids: A hidden occupational hazard.

Prenatal and Lactational Exposure to Polystyrene Nanoplastics Induces Lipid Accumulation in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells of Male Offspring via the MAPK/ERK/UHRF1 Signaling Pathway.

Carboxyl Surface Modification Attenuates Polystyrene- but Not Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanoplastic-Induced Gut Dysbiosis in Zebrafish Larvae

Transcriptomic responses to repeated exposure of human C3A liver spheroids to polystyrene nanoplastics.

Gut-Microbial Responses to Acute Polyester Microplastic Exposure in Zebrafish: Dysbiosis, Opportunistic Bacteria, and Functional Impact

From Environmental Exposure to Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: First Evidence of Pro-Degenerative Effects of Polyamide 6 Microplastics

Polystyrene nanoplastics trigger ferroptosis to aggravate ulcerative colitis: Integrated Multi-Database Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, and Experimental Validation.

Probiotic Supplementation Attenuates Polystyrene Nanoplastic-Induced Pancreatic Injury through Modulation of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and P2X7 Receptor/Caspase-1 Signaling Pathway in Rats.

Oral Administration of Polyethylene Microplastics Induces BPA-Associated Antioxidant Activation and Synaptic-Related Transcriptional Responses in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex

Developmental reproductive impacts of gestational polystyrene nanoplastics exposure: precocious puberty and impaired ovarian reserve in female offspring.

Air Pollution

Mechanisms of obesogenic adipocyte signaling in mouse 3T3-L1 cells in response to plasma from C57BL/6 mice exposed to traffic-generated emissions and high-fat diet.

Tire Wear Particles

Integrated in vitro multi-endpoint framework for assessing 6PPD-Quinone cytotoxicity in fish and mammalian cell lines.

Molecular Mechanisms of 6PPD and 6PPD-Q Toxicity in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Network Toxicology and Experimental Validation Study.

The Toxicity of Tire Wear Particles and Their Leachates on Digestion and Gut Microbiota of Mytilus coruscus.

6PPD-quinone exposure and Alzheimer’s disease: insights from integrative network pharmacology, transcriptomics, machine learning, and molecular docking

Crawling towards complex interactions: the impact of 6PPD-quinone and increased temperatures on the freshwater snail Ampullaceana balthica.

6PPDQ promotes the malignant progression of colorectal cancer via enhancing EGF/EGFR signaling.

6PPD-Q exposure disrupts intestinal homeostasis and impairs skeletal muscle function in mice.

Miscellaneous

Diversity of Iodinated Water Disinfection Byproducts and Their Formation Dynamics Discovered Using Exposome-Scale Nontargeted Analysis and Machine Learning.

Environmentally relevant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures disrupt ovarian endocrine function in the domestic hen (Gallus gallus domesticus).

Maternal nonylphenol exposure induces offspring intestinal injury and enteric neuronal defects involving proinflammatory macrophage polarization.

Chronic toxicity and endocrine-disrupting effects of 4-tert-octylphenol and 4-tert-butylphenol in Daphnia magna.

Exposure/Environment Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Examining the role of self-reported product selection strategies in shifting chemical exposures among Black women and Latinas: Lessons from the Taking Stock Study.

Identifying Chemicals of Health Concern in Hair Extensions Using Suspect Screening and Nontargeted Analysis.

Associations between diet quality and multiple chemical exposures.

Occurrence of organic micropollutants in drinking water: A review of scientific literature in the scope of the EU Directive 2020/2184.

Phthalates

Mediating effect of social determinants of health between race and phthalate biomarkers in pregnancy.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

PCB exposure during remediation and demolition of contaminated buildings: Full congener analysis and effects of hygiene measures.

PFAS

Occupation and serum concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: data from the 2013 to 2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Serum PFAS levels measured in the general population of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2022-2023.

PFAS in Fast Foods with Hot-Contact to Food-Contact Materials: Occurrence, Packaging Influence, and Risk Priority.

Rinse, rebound, repeat: The challenge of decontaminating PFAS-impacted aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles.

Occurrence, Bioaccumulation and Dietary Exposure Assessment of Legacy and Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Freshwater Fish from Zhejiang Markets: Implications for Human Health Risks.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in commercially important marine species of fish and shellfish from Alaska and implications for human exposure.

From Gujarat to global plates: An integrated assessment and meta-analysis of microplastics in commercially important pelagic fishes and human health risks.

Occurrence, Spatial Distribution, and Risk Assessment of PFOA and PFOS in the Henan Section of the Yellow River.

Nationwide monitoring of seabirds reveals species- and site-specific legacy PFAS contamination in French coastal areas.

PFAS in the circular economy: An unintended consequence of recycling and wastewater reuse?

Flame Retardants

Contrasted occurrence and temporal trends of legacy and alternative flame retardants in marine shellfish from the French coasts over 10 years of monitoring.

Pesticides

High-Throughput Suspect Screening Reveals Widespread Pesticide Exposure in Early Childhood

Glyphosate Promotes the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Intestine: An Overlooked Environmental Risk.

Metals/Metalloids

Impact of federal housing assistance on children’s blood Lead Levels, NHANES 1999-2016.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

First study on the toxicokinetic approach of MNPs in an environmentally exposed human population, through their evaluation in blood and urine samples by Pyr-GC-MS and multivariate analysis.

Plastic Mulching and Crop Type Govern the Vertical Distribution and Composition of Microplastics in a Major Agricultural Irrigation System.

Patterns of plastic food container use as potential sources of MNP exposure: a latent class analysis approach.

From legacy to emerging polycyclic aromatic compounds: Profiling in micro-nanoplastics emissions from plastic incineration.

First evidence of nanoplastics in Antarctica soil.

Air Pollution

Source apportionment of fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) personal exposures: findings from the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) study in rural Guatemala.

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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.

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