EDC Science Weekly, Oct. 23-29, 2026

A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week.

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

Highlights:

Prioritizing and Grouping Food Contact Chemicals: From Chaos to Clarity.
Matrix-Resolved Profiling of the Prenatal Chemical Exposome Reveals Selective Placental Retention and Fetal Transfer.
Prenatal exposure to PFAS and multimodal structural brain development across childhood.
Grounding pesticide use intensity and hazards with real-world data: Toward correcting global models in tropical agriculture

Science summaries and highlights

Events

Nov. 4-5 meeting: Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods [National Toxicology Program]

Nov. 5 in-person Boston event: Plastic-Free Future: Protecting People and the Planet [Just Zero & Plastic Free Mass]

Nov. 7, 10, or 12: Grassroots advocacy trainings [Beyond Plastics]

Nov. 17 webinar: Reducing EDC Exposures: From informed consumers to policy solutions [EDC Strategies Partnership]

Nov. 17 webinar: Keeping Fracking Out and Reining Fracking In: Protecting Public Health with New Research Data [Catskill Mountainkeeper and NY PSR]

Nov. 17: Health and Chemicals Forum [Food Packaging Forum and NYU Grossman School of Medicine] in conjunction with:

Nov. 16-20 First International Conference: Global Framework on Chemicals [UNEP]

Nov. 17-18: UCSF Industry Documents Library Workshop [UCSF]

Nov. 19 webinar: Systems Thinking and Collaboration for One Health: Bridging Chemicals, Environment and Health in Europe [ECHA]

Dec. 7-8 workshop: Plastics, Microplastics, and Plastic Chemicals: Emerging Impacts on Human Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Health [NIEHS and NHLBI]

Dec. 15 due date for Call for Papers: Microplastics, Community Health, and Public Health Actions [American Journal of Public Health]

Jan. 25, 2027 due date for abstracts: The Microplastics and Nanoplastics Summit, May 9-12, 2027 in Lincoln, Nebraska

Mar. 31, 2027 due date for Call For Papers: The Chemical Safety Knowledge Landscape: Mapping What We Know and What We Need to Know [ACS Publications]

Regulations/Policy

Prioritizing and Grouping Food Contact Chemicals: From Chaos to Clarity.

Revisiting Chemicals of Concern in the PlastChem Report: Addressing the Challenges, Gaps, and Future Directions.

Critical appraisal of the European Commission roadmap towards phasing out animal testing: navigating sociotechnical barriers to the regulatory acceptance of NAMs.

Guidance on default values and uncertainty factors to be used by the EFSA Scientific Committee, Scientific Panels and Units in the absence of actual measured data.

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

Methods/Tools/Screening

Chemical Alternatives Assessment: Progress and Perspectives in Hazard Characterization, Exposure Assessment, and Life Cycle Assessment.

Strategy for mixture risk assessment using European human biomonitoring data: lessons learned from applications to pesticides, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and metal(loid)s.

Comparing Suspect and Nontargeted Screening Workflows for Perinatal Chemical Exposome Analysis: A European Interlaboratory Study from the PARC-EU Project.

Towards the One Exposome: harnessing artificial intelligence and digital health technologies across One Health toxicology, new approach methodologies, and environmental public health.

HumanToxPredict: An interpretable data-driven framework for human oral TDLo prediction and toxicity assessment of pharmaceuticals and bioactive compounds.

Cheminformatics-based read-across prioritization of food additives with obesogenic potential and PPARγ agonist activity.

Evaluation of anogenital distance (AGD) and areola/nipple retention (NR) assessments in extended one generation reproductive toxicity studies – Implications for regulatory toxicology.

Modernising cosmetic chemical safety assessment: an updated workflow.

Commentaries

The “Safer” Plastics Paradox.

Microplastic size matters-Report every particle.

Correspondence on “PFAS Toxicity: What’s True, What’s Not, and What Really Matters” and Rebuttal to Correspondence on “PFAS Toxicity: What’s True, What’s Not, and What Really Matters”.

Expanding the Scope of PFAS Research to Include Adipose Tissues

Beyond Oxidative Stress: Rethinking Mechanistic Inference in Big Data-Driven Adverse Outcome Pathway Construction

When the Exposure Matrix Is Also the Target Organ: Interpreting Urinary Phthalate Biomarkers in Pregnancy.

Role of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Accelerating the Clearance of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

Reviews/Meta-Analyses

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Gestational Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Small Vulnerable Newborns: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Emerging Contaminants and Male Reproductive Health: Mechanistic Insights, Clinical Evidence, and Research Priorities.

Integrating High-Throughput Toxicity Testing with Mechanistic and Kinetic Modeling for Food Chemical Safety Assessment

Research Progress on Genotoxicity and Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Endocrine Disruptors.

Is Exposure to Certain Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Associated with Increased Skin Cancer Risk?

Natural Products as Protective Modulators of Environmental Pollutant Toxicity Through the Gut-X Axis

Molecular Mechanisms and Developmental Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Male Reproductive Health and Mitigation Strategies to Reduce Their Adverse Effects.

Hazardous Chemicals Associated with Plastics and Plastic Waste: Environmental Occurrence and Toxicity of TCDD, DEHP, BPA, and Acrylonitrile.

Bisphenols/Phthalates

Bisphenol A in contemporary dentistry: from material chemistry and exposure pathways to potential clinical relevance-a comprehensive narrative review.

Phthalates: the interplay between diet, obesity, diabetes, and gut microbiota.

Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials

Scientific Evaluation of Triclosan and Thyroid or Reproductive System Alterations: Collaborative Networks, Impact, Trends.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

“Silent Offspring”: Multigenerational Epigenetic Toxicity of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Agonists.

PFAS

Mechanistic insights into PFAS-induced toxicity: from lipid membrane perturbation to ion channel and transporter dysregulation.

Comparative fish toxicology of perfluorohexanoic acid, hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid, and trifluoroacetic acid

PFAS and microbiota dysbiosis: An emerging link to respiratory toxicity.

Beyond Known PFAS: Emerging Analytical Strategies for Resolving the Hidden Fluorinated Chemical Space.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products: State of the Art in Human Exposure.

Pesticides

Pesticide Exposure and Breast Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms, Epidemiological Evidence, and Current Challenges.

Mechanistic Pathways of Pesticide-Induced Intestinal Injury: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Barrier Dysfunction.

Pesticide exposure in Eriocheir sinensis: Oxidative stress, endocrine disruption, gut-hepatopancreas axis impairment, and systems toxicology.

Metals/Metalloids

Environmental Lead Exposure and Glucose Dysregulation: A Critical Integrative Review of Epidemiological and Mechanistic Evidence.

Heavy metals exposure and infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Particle-adapted next-generation risk assessment of micro- and nanoplastics from food contact materials: Integrating PBK/PBTK, AOPs and explainable artificial intelligence.

Microplastic-Induced Female Reproductive Toxicity: Mechanisms and Potential Protective Interventions.

Micro- and Nanoplastics and Potential Perturbation of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.

Human Exposure to Micro- and Nanoplastics: Trans-Barrier Transport, Tissue Accumulation, and Health Risks.

Mapping the biological effects of micro- and nanoplastics in mammalian intestinal models: a scoping review.

Ocular health risks posed by micro‑ and nano-plastics: A review.

Micro- and nanoplastics in gastric cancer: A narrative review

Microplastics as evolving particle-chemical-microbial interfaces: plastisphere ecology, ecotoxicity, and safety-informed remediation.

Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products

Mechanistic pathways of cosmetic ingredient toxicity: a critical review of in vitro and in vivo evidence.

Risk assessment of benzophenone-3, a UV filter in cosmetics.

Miscellaneous

Navigating the Nonylphenol Hazard: Insights into Toxicity Mechanisms and Mitigation Approaches.

From environmental occurrence to human exposure: multisystem toxicity, immune-relevant mechanisms, and gaps in health-risk assessment of liquid crystal monomers

Human Health Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Residential proximity to chemical plants and the risk of diabetic microvascular complications independent of air pollution: a prospective cohort study

Disparities in Environmental Chemical Concentrations and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity and Country of Birth: Examples from the MIREC Study.

Revisiting the Obesogenic Potential of Legacy Pollutants: Epidemiological, Toxicogenomic, and Benchmark Dose-Based Evidence.

The hidden effects of metabolism-disrupting agents on alcohol-related liver disease risk: an integrated epidemiological, machine learning, and network toxicology Analysis.

Oxidative Stress and Redox Transcriptomic Signatures Associated with Coexposure to Emerging Contaminants

Bisphenols/Phthalates

Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates and Bisphenols in Association with Hypomineralization of Second Primary Molar.

Potential Adverse Effects of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentrations on Renal Function, Gestation, and Newborn Characteristics in Healthy Pregnant Women.

Prenatal phthalate exposure and early childhood asthma: a prospective birth cohort study from the Japan Environment and Children’s study.

Urinary Bisphenol A Levels Are Associated with Vascular Injury in Mexican Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: PCBs, Dioxin, OCPs

Exposomics: The Effect of Legacy Polychlorinated Biphenyls on the Proteome of Fish Consumers in the Great Lakes Region.

PFAS

Prenatal exposure to PFAS and multimodal structural brain development across childhood.

Maternal Epigenetic Signatures Linking Prenatal Serum PFAS Concentrations to Birth Size in an African American Maternal-Child Cohort.

Multimatrix Biomonitoring and Transplacental Transfer of Legacy and Emerging PFAS in Korean Pregnant Women

Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and the odds of renal cell carcinoma: a case-control study.

PFAS in Follicular Fluid, Anti-Müllerian Hormone, and Oocyte Developmental Competence: A Prospective Study in GIVES

Potential Role of Vitamin C in the Associations of Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances with Bilirubin and Albumin in U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults: NHANES 2011-2018.

Flame Retardants

Halogenated flame retardant exposure was associated with pediatric gut microbiome profiles in a Canadian cohort.

Seminal Plasma Metabolomics Reveals Potential Metabolic Pathways Linking Organophosphate Flame Retardant Exposure to Impaired Semen Quality

Sex-Specific Associations of Gestational OPE Exposure with Offspring Digit Ratio: A Birth Cohort Study

Pesticides

Joint associations between 10-year average residential proximity-based pesticide exposures and cardiometabolic markers among women from an agricultural region.

Pesticide detection in postmortem serum, hair, and cerebrospinal fluid from cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy: a registry-based study.

Associations of Organophosphate Pesticide Metabolite Mixtures with Epigenetic Age Acceleration.

Maternal Pharmaceutical Intake, Tobacco Smoking, and Environmental Pesticide Exposures: High-Resolution Serum Pesticide Screening, Longitudinal Fetal Ultrasound Biometry, and Postnatal Anogenital Distance in a Brazilian Cohort.

Metals/Metalloids

Preconception and Early-Pregnancy Serum Metal(loid) Concentrations in Relation to Gestational Glucose Regulation: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Prospective associations of childhood metal mixtures with metabolic health in a Mexico City cohort.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Undiseased and diseased abdominal aortas contain environmentally relevant micronanoplastics.

Air Pollution

Prenatal Exposure to Wildfire PM2.5 and Risk of ASD and ADHD in Children Enrolled in Medicaid

Laboratory Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Ecological and Structural Drivers Underlying Species-Specific Estrogen Receptor α Responses to Estrogenic Chemicals in Mammals

Chemical-Specific Metabolic Disruption during Early Zebrafish Development is Modulated by the Microbiome.

Environmental toxicants associated with cardiovascular disease and a novel LE8 indicator approach for screening potential cardiovascular toxicants

Bisphenols

Bisphenol M Impairs Ovarian Function through Disrupting Estrogen Synthesis in Female Mice: A Comparative Study with Bisphenol A.

Neonatal exposure to bisphenol A and bisphenol S induces reproductive toxicity without altering sexual differentiation of the anteroventral periventricular nucleus in female rats.

Metabolic Effect of the Emergent Pollutant and Endocrine Disruptor Bisphenol A in Male BALBc/AnN Mice

Perinatal Bisphenol S Exposure Induces Hepatotoxicity in Female Rat Offspring: Insights into Disrupted Hepatic Cholesterol Homeostasis.

Integrated Network Toxicology, Molecular Dynamics Simulation and In Vitro Assays Identify EGFR, ESR1 and IGF1 as Core Mediators of Bisphenol S-Exacerbated Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Comparative ChIP-Seq Analysis of ERα Binding Induced by Estradiol, Zearalenone, and Bisphenol A in Human Ovarian Cells.

β-Hydroxybutyrate Attenuates Bisphenol-A-Induced Cellular Responses in Ovarian Cancer Cells.

Phthalates/DINCH

Toward NGRA for safer phthalate substitution: An AOP-informed IATA case study integrating AI-based predictions and in vitro NAM evidence for DART prioritization

Early-Life Exposure to DBP and DEHP Induces Ultrastructural Testicular Damage and Semen Quality Deterioration Through Modulation of Inhibin-α, Calretinin, and PPAR-γ Expression

Environmentally relevant bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate exposure increases stress vulnerability, evoking depressive-like behaviors in male mice.

Gestational benzyl butyl phthalate exposure impairs sperm capacitation in F1 offspring by altering PKA-associated signaling and tyrosine phosphorylation.

Di-2-ethylhexyl Phthalate Induces Neurotoxicity of Transforming Microglia into M1 Subtype through Targeting α-Syn Dimerization

Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate exacerbates psoriasis-like skin inflammation and is associated with interleukin-17A signaling and S100A9/FABP5 upregulation in keratinocytes.

Exploring the Mechanism of DEHP Promoting Hepatic Fibrosis Based on Network Toxicology by Triggering Lipophagy-Dependent Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation.

Dietary DINCH exposure is associated with altered intestinal homeostasis under high-fat diet-induced metabolic stress in a sex-dependent manner.

Potential Ecological Risks of the Novel Alternative Plasticizer Di(isononyl)cyclohexane-1,2-Dicarboxylate via Metabolic Toxification in Earthworms

Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials

Potential molecular links between triclosan exposure and osteoarthritis: An integrative systems toxicology study.

Toxicity evaluation and mechanism study of butylparaben on zebrafish.

Effects of Resveratrol on Anxiety-Like Behavior, Neuronal Damage, and Apoptotic Signaling in Female Rats Exposed to Methylparaben

PFAS

Population-specific transcriptomic bioactivity assessment of perfluorooctanoic acid using human liver spheroids and physiologically based toxicokinetic modeling.

Trifluoroacetic Acid Competitively Inhibits Lactate Dehydrogenase to Disrupt Endothelial Glycolysis and Impair Vascular Development.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Can Induce Immunotoxicity via Direct Intestinal Lymphatic Absorption.

Novel PFAS Alternatives 6:2 Cl-PFESA and HFPO-TA as Plasma FXII Activators: Experimental Evidence and Computational Mechanistic Insights.

6:2 Chlorinated Polyfluoroalkyl Ether Sulfonate Exposure Disrupts the Gut-Liver Axis and Induces Inflammatory-Dominant Hepatotoxicity via Bile Acid-Farnesoid X Receptor Signaling

Exposure Routes Shape Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ Toxicokinetics and Sex-Specific Bioaccumulation in Thai Tiger Frogs (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)

Exposure duration shapes GenX-induced transcriptomics responses in 3D HepG2/C3A spheroids.

Prenatal PFOS impairs offspring cognition via HDAC and translational repression

Endoplasmic reticulum stress coordinates perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)-induced dysfunction in murine preadipocytes

Combined Exposure to PFOA and Its Substitute Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) Elicits Distinct Lipid Metabolic Abnormalities from Single Exposures.

Concentration- and duration-associated transcriptional changes in HepG2 cells following long-term nominal nanomolar PFOA exposure.

Environmentally relevant PFBS exposure triggers colonic inflammation through PPAR-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction and cGAS-STING activation.

Preconception paternal PFAS exposure in mice reprograms the placental epigenome.

Reproductive and F₁ developmental alterations following parental fluorochemical exposure in zebrafish: Insights from steroidogenesis-related biomarkers.

PFOS and PFHxS Disrupt Forskolin-Induced Syncytialization but Differentially Affect hCGβ Production in BeWo Cells.

Flame Retardants

Sex-specific accumulation and oxidative stress of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate and its metabolite bis(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate in rats after 90-day exposure.

Neurodevelopmental Toxicity of Tris(2,4-di-tert-Butylphenyl)phosphate: Mechanistic Insights from Laboratory Models and Implications for Human Health.

Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6)-mediated α-tubulin (K40) deacetylation and microtubule destabilization disrupt autophagosome-lysosome fusion in PBDE-47-induced neurotoxicity.

The effects of pinealectomy and melatonin on bisphenol a diglycidyl ether (BADGE)-induced hepatotoxicity in rats: involvement of apoptotic, inflammatory, and oxidative mechanisms

Organotins

Organotins differentially modulate immune reporter responses across THP-1 monocyte-macrophage states.

A single exposure to the environmental contaminant tributyltin induces oxidative stress and vascular endothelial dysfunction.

Pesticides

Molecular basis of azole fungicide interactions with human estrogen receptor alpha (ERα): an integrated in silico and in vitro toxicological assessment.

Enantioselective disruption of human steroidogenesis in vitro by the azole fungicides imazalil, miconazole, and ketoconazole.

Environmentally Persistent Pesticides: In Vitro Effects on Human Aromatase Activity and ERα Signaling

Imidacloprid exposure is associated with brown adipose tissue impairment in high-fat diet-fed C57BL/6 mice

The Toxic Effects and Mechanism of Acetamiprid Exposure on Testicular Tissue: ALKBH5 Regulates m⁶A Modification to Affect PI3K-AKT-Mediated Apoptosis.

Investigating the Effect of Glutathione-Mediated Metabolism of Organophosphate Pesticides on Rat and Human Toxicokinetics Using Physiologically Based Kinetic Modeling.

Effect of neonicotinoid insecticide exposure during early life on neurodevelopment: An integrated assessment via animal models and the TRAEC strategy.

Impact of S-metolachlor, atrazine and their metabolites on the morphological, structural and functional properties of the intestinal barrier.

Metals/Metalloids

Arsenic induces hepatic lipid accumulation associated with DNA methylation alterations and oxidative stress in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma).

Arsenic promotes MIN6 cells dysfunction via ACO2-αKG-mitophagy pathway.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Prepregnancy Exposure to High Doses of Nanoplastics Triggers Persistent Vaginal Microbiome Dysbiosis to Induce Adverse Pregnant Outcomes

Chemical Fingerprints of New vs Weathered Plastics: A Machine Learning Approach.

Dietary components regulate the gastrointestinal fate of polystyrene nanoplastics through differential aggregation, mucus transport and Caco-2 cell interactions.

Uptake of Micro- and Nano-Sized Plastic Particles in Human Cells: Size-Dependent Endocytosis and Cellular Responses.

Murine hippocampal CA3 vulnerability to intravenously administered polystyrene nanoplastics: preferential accumulation and ROS-related neuronal cell death.

Polystyrene Microplastics Impair Cellular Immune Responses in Galleria mellonella Following Controlled Internal Exposure.

Oral Exposure to Polystyrene Nanoplastics Disrupts Gut-Testis Metabolic Homeostasis and EGR1-Associated Steroidogenic Regulation in Male Mice

Polystyrene Microplastics Exacerbate Arsenic-Induced Ferroptosis and Lipid Metabolism Dysregulation in Chicken Hepatocytes through SIRT7-SIRT1 Axis-Associated Transcriptomic Alterations

Dietary components regulate the gastrointestinal fate of polystyrene nanoplastics through differential aggregation, mucus transport and Caco-2 cell interactions

Toxicological Effects of Polyethylene Terephthalate Microplastics on Chronic Kidney Disease: An Integrative Bioinformatics, Network Toxicology, and Machine Learning Study

Chronic Polystyrene Microplastic Exposure Worsens Cognitive Dysfunction and Alzheimer’s Disease-like Neuropathology in APP/PS1 Mice.

Exposure to polyethylene terephthalate nanoplastics elicits renal injury with limited compensation and associated intestinal alterations: A time-resolved multi-omics study.

The combined toxicity of polystyrene microplastics and glyphosate on Daphnia magna: Physiological and behavioral responses.

Tire Wear Chemicals

Intestinal nuclear hormone receptors in response to environmentally relevant concentrations of 6-PPD quinone in Caenorhabditis elegans: Role in modulating multiple intestinal protective responses.

Imaging the Adverse Effects of Tire-Derived Contaminants via Coelenterazine-Facilitated Albumin Luminescence In Vivo

Chronic exposure to the tire-wear contaminant 6-PPDQ induces senescence-associated biomarkers and neurobehavioral deficits: Involvement of ABL1-p53-autophagy signaling

Gut microbiota-associated metabolic alterations contribute to 6PPD-Q-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction in mice

6PPD-Quinone Induces Anxiety-like Behavior in Mice: A Potential Mechanism Shared Across PPD-Quinones.

Miscellaneous

Perturbation of the Reproductive Endocrine System by Halogenated Nitrophenols via Thyroid Receptor Signaling: Implications for Developmental, Fertility, and Intergenerational Risks in Japanese Medaka

Exposure/Environment Studies

Numerous Chemicals/Mixtures

Matrix-Resolved Profiling of the Prenatal Chemical Exposome Reveals Selective Placental Retention and Fetal Transfer.

Comparative Assessment of Personal Exposures to Environmental Contaminants Using Silicone Wristbands and Fresh Air Wristbands.

Exposomic Assessment of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Using Hair: A Cross-Matrix Comparison with Serum and Urine by LC-HRMS and Metabolite Profiling.

High-Throughput Identification of PPARγ-Active Chemicals in Riverine Drinking Water Sources: Discover a Novel DEHP Biodegradation Product

Hepatic expression of oestrogenic response genes in wild male gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus): A biomarker approach for endocrine disruption in the coast of Campeche, Mexico.

PFAS

Firefighter Turnout Gear and Peri-Governmental Influences

Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Breast Milk of Taiwanese Mothers: Postpartum Trends and Determinants of Variation.

Structure-Based Prediction and Ranking of PFAS Groundwater Mobility for EU Drinking Water Regulation

From PFOS to a Sum of 25 PFASs: Regulatory and Effect-Based Risk Assessment in the River Ruhr.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa): A Review of Toxicokinetics, Environmental Biomonitoring, and Human Exposure.

The challenge of identification in the analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in food: risks of false positive by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

Flame Retardants

Environmental levels of PBDEs in Brazilian industrial cities: Sources, seasonal variability, and human exposure implications.

Pesticides

Grounding pesticide use intensity and hazards with real-world data: Toward correcting global models in tropical agriculture

Passerine birds as bio-indicators of pesticide levels in farmlands and gardens: mitigation by organic farming and distance from treated fields.

Metals/Metalloids

Fire at the boundary: Airborne toxic metals from the 2025 Los Angeles urban firestorm.

Microplastics/Nanomaterials

Microplastics at the ‘roof of the Americas’: widespread presence in snow on Mount Aconcagua, Central Andes, Argentina.

Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products

Assessing UV Filter Exposure in Queensland, Australia: Human Biomonitoring Evidence Highlighting Homosalate in Children.

From EFSA:

Risk assessment of benzophenone-3, a UV filter in cosmetics.

Risk assessment of ethyl hexyl salicylate as a UV filter.

Risk assessment of drometrizole trisiloxane as a UV filter in cosmetics.

Miscellaneous

Trends of Nonylphenol Exposure in an Australian Population Based on Urinary Metabolite Analysis.

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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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