A summary of articles on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) added to PubMed this week.
Contents: Regulations/Screening, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, and Wildlife/Environment/Exposure Studies.
Regulations/Screening
Reviews
Human Health Studies
BPA/Phthalates/Parabens
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Environmental toxicants in breast milk of Norwegian mothers and gut bacteria composition and metabolites in their infants at 1 month. [28 POPs, including PFASs, PBDEs, PCBs, and organochlorines]
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Pesticides
Arsenic/Metals
Miscellaneous
Laboratory Studies
BPA/Phenols
Low-dose environmental endocrine disruptors, increase aromatase activity, estradiol biosynthesis and cell proliferation in human breast cells. [BPA, BPS, DDT, parabens, etc.]
Phthalates
Systemic toxicity of di (2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA) in rats following 28-day intravenous exposure. [DEHP alternative]
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Flame Retardants
Pesticides
Arsenic/Metals
Acute biotoxicity assessment of heavy metals in sewage sludge based on the glucose consumption of Escherichia coli. [you can use a glucose meter to test for the toxicity of sewage sludge!]
Pharmaceuticals
Miscellaneous
Wildlife/Environment/Exposure Studies
BPA/Phenols/Triclosan
Phthalates
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Perfluoroalkyl Substances
Flame Retardants
Arsenic/Metals
Miscellaneous
Identification of contaminants of concern in the upper Tagus river basin (central Spain). Part 2: Spatio-temporal analysis and ecological risk assessment. [pesticides, metals, pharmaceuticals, etc.]
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.