A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week.
Contents: Events,Methods/Tools/Screening, Commentaries/Conference Summaries, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, Exposure/Environment Studies
Events
April 14 Webinar: The Monsanto Papers [EDC Strategies Partnership]
April 15 Webinar: Putting the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability into action: Addressing EDCs and mixtures [Food Packaging Forum]
April 14-15: Leveraging Advances in Remote Geospatial Technologies to Inform Precision Environmental Health Decisions – A Workshop [The National Academies]
April 19-20 Conference:16th Annual Break the Cycle of Children’s Environmental Health Disparities [The Southeast PEHSU and Break the Cycle of Health Disparities, Inc.]
April 21 Virtual Town Hall: EPA’s Lead & Copper Rule: What Schools and Child Care Need to Know [Children’s Environmental Health Network]
April 22 Earth Day Symposium: John P. Wyatt, M.D. Environment & Health Symposium [University of Kentucky]
Methods/Tools/Screening
Commentaries/Conference Summaries
Confronting plastic pollution to protect environmental and public health. [Intro to a new collection of evidence-based commentaries in PLoS Biol.] Articles include:
Uptake of Chemicals through the Skin: An Important Role of Filaggrin Gene Variants. [Science Selection in EHP]
Walking on a Redline: Did Discriminatory U.S. Housing Policies Affect Greenspace Development? [Science Selection in EHP]
Reviews
Numerous EDCs
BPA/Phenols/Phthalates
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics
Air Pollution
Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products
Miscellaneous
Human Health Studies
BPA/Phenols/Phthalates
Parabens
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Air Pollution
Laboratory Studies
Numerous chemicals
BPA/Phenols
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Microplastics/Nanomaterials
Air Pollution
Miscellaneous
Exposure to butylated hydroxytoluene compromises endometrial decidualization during early pregnancy.
Exposure/Environment Studies
Numerous Chemicals
Environmental chemicals in dog testes reflect their geographical source and may be associated with altered pathology. [phthalates, PCBs, PBDEs]
BPA/Phenols
Lead Emissions and Population Vulnerability in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, 2006-2013: Impact of Pollution, Housing Age and Neighborhood Racial Isolation and Poverty on Blood Lead in Children Artisanal and Small Gold Mining and Petroleum Production as Potential Sources of Heavy Metal Contamination in Ecuador: A Call to Action
Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials
Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Pesticides
Potentially Toxic Elements
Presence of heavy metals in drinking water resources of Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Microplastics
Air Pollution
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. Compiled by Sarah Howard, Diabetes and Environment Program and HEEDS at Commonweal.