A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed over the past 2 weeks.
Contents: Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, and Wildlife/Environment/Exposure Studies.
Reviews
[Investigation of the Effects of Exposure to Chemical Substances on Child Health]. [article in Japanese]
BPA/Phenols/Phthalates
PFASs
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: A National Priority for Safe Drinking Water. [Pub Health Rep Commentary]
PFAS: Insights from Past Actions to Inform Today’s Decisions. [JESEE Special Topics Issue on PFAS]
Guiding Communities Affected by PFASs: Tools for Tackling Contaminated Drinking Water. [EHP Science Selection]
Metals
Human Health Studies
BPA/Phenols
Association of Bisphenol A and Its Substitutes, Bisphenol F and Bisphenol S, with Obesity in United States Children and Adolescents. [related: Concern about the Safety of Bisphenol A Substitutes.]
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Arsenic/Metals
Miscellaneous
Prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in relation to autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. [25 EDCs, individually, in classes, and mixtures]
Laboratory Studies
BPA/Phenols
Phthalates
Changes in expression of microRNA potentially targeting key regulators of lipid metabolism in primary gilthead sea bream hepatocytes exposed to phthalates or flame retardants. [DiDP and flame retardant TMCP]
Personal Care Products
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Effects of cross-fostering and developmental exposure to mixtures of environmental contaminants on hepatic gene expression in prepubertal 21 days old and adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. [PCBs, organochlorines, mercury]
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Parental exposure to 6:2 chlorinated polyfluorinated ether sulfonate (F-53B) induced transgenerational thyroid hormone disruption in zebrafish. [PFOS alternative]
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Arsenic/Metals
Organotins
Screening
Assessing effects of germline exposure to environmental toxicants by high-throughput screening in C. elegans. [BPA, phthalates, pesticides, fracking, oil processing]
Pharmaceuticals
Miscellaneous
Toxicological effects benzotriazole to the marine scallop Chlamys nobilis: a 2-month exposure study.
Wildlife/Environment/Exposure Studies
BPA/Phenols/Phthalates
Personal Care Products
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Legacy and currently used organic contaminants in human hair and hand wipes of female e-waste dismantling workers and workplace dust in South China. [DPs, PBDEs, NBFRs, PCBs, OPFRs]
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Arsenic/Metals
Heavy metal pollution and potential health risks of commercially available Chinese herbal medicines.
Health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils along the Central Elbe River, Germany.
Rivers misc.
Identifying contaminants of potential concern in remote headwater streams of Tennessee’s Appalachian Mountains. [Hg, PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, dioxins, furans, and phthalates]
Miscellaneous
A relative risk assessment of the open burning of WEEE [waste electric and electronic equipment]
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. Compiled by Sarah Howard, Diabetes and Environment Program at Commonweal.