New EDC articles: July 31 – Aug. 6, 2019 – HEEDS

New EDC articles: July 31 – Aug. 6, 2019

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:August 7, 2019
Post category:EDC Science Weekly

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

Contents: Regulations/Policy/Screening, Reviews, Human Health Studies, Laboratory Studies, and Wildlife/Environment/Exposure Studies.

Reviews/Policy/Screening

Environmental impact assessment model for substitution of hazardous substances by using life cycle approach.

Assessment of a New GC-MS/MS System for the Confirmatory Measurement of PCDD/Fs and (N)DL-PCBs in Food under EU Regulation.

The non-linear effect of environmental regulation on haze pollution: Empirical evidence for 277 Chinese cities during 2002-2010.

Effects of Legal Regulation on Indoor Air Quality in Facilities for Sensitive Populations – A Field Study in Seoul, Korea.

Reducing Pollution From the Health Care Industry. [viewpoint in JAMA]

Screening

Towards quantitative read across: Prediction of Ames mutagenicity in a large database.

Profiling 58 compounds including cosmetic-relevant chemicals using ToxRefDB and ToxCast.

Benchmarking the in vitro toxicity and chemical composition of plastic consumer products.

Development of a database on key characteristics of human carcinogens.

Reviews

MicroRNAs as biomarkers of harmful environmental and occupational exposures: a systematic review.

Application of Metabolomics to Epidemiological Studies of Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease.

Environmental Exposures in Reproductive Health.

Mechanisms of Intergenerational Transmission of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Dietary lipids and environmental xenobiotics as risk factors for prostate cancer: The role of cytochrome P450.

Environmental exposures, stem cells, and cancer.

Impact of environmental pollution, dietary factors and diabetes mellitus on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Contaminant-induced behavioural changes in amphibians: A meta-analysis.

Occupational Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer: A Meta-analysis.

Telomere dynamic in humans and animals: Review and perspectives in environmental toxicology.

The epigenetic regulation of paraoxonase 1 (PON1) as an important enzyme in HDL function: The missing link between environmental and genetic regulation.

BPA/Phenols/Phthalates

Neuro-toxic and reproductive effects of BPA.

Persistent Organic Pollutants/Flame Retardants

Epigenetic Effects of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers on Human Health.

Persistent Organic Pollutants and Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of the Literature.

Pesticides

Glyphosate’s Synergistic Toxicity in Combination with Other Factors as a Cause of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin.

Metals/Arsenic

Arsenic-Induced Carcinogenesis and Immune Dysregulation.

Iron and other metals in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease: Toxic effects and possible detoxification.

The three ‘B’ of fish mercury in China: Bioaccumulation, biodynamics and biotransformation.

Air Pollution

Exposure to traffic air pollutants in taxicabs and acute adverse respiratory effects: A systematic review.

Human Health Studies

BPA/Phenols

Urinary bisphenol S concentrations: Potential predictors of and associations with semen quality parameters among men attending a fertility center.

Serial cross-sectional study for the association between urinary bisphenol A and paediatric obesity: Recent updates using NHANES 2003-2014.

Bisphenol A and bisphenol S exposures during pregnancy and gestational age – A longitudinal study in China.

Oxidative Stress Markers, Trace Elements and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Children with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. [BPA, DEHP]

Phthalates

Phthalates and asthma in children and adults: US NHANES 2007-2012.

Do stressful life events during pregnancy modify associations between phthalates and anogenital distance in newborns?

Phthalate exposure alters gut microbiota composition and IgM vaccine response in human newborns.

Triclosan

Triclosan exposure and ovarian reserve.

Persistent Organic Pollutants

Associations between persistent organic pollutants and risk of breast cancer metastasis.

Environmental exposure to polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) associates with an increased rate of biological aging.

Longitudinal study of age of menarche in association with childhood concentrations of persistent organic pollutants.

Associations between exposure to persistent organic pollutants and thyroid function in a case-control study of East China.

Prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds and lung function during childhood.

Chlordecone exposure and risk of congenital anomalies: the Timoun Mother-Child Cohort Study in Guadeloupe (French West Indies).

Perfluoroalkyl Substances

Association between in utero perfluoroalkyl substance exposure and anti-Müllerian hormone levels in adolescent females in a British cohort.

Flame Retardants

Urinary metabolites of organophosphate esters (OPEs) are associated with chronic kidney disease in the general US population, NHANES 2013-2014.

Pesticides

Organophosphate pesticide metabolite concentrations in urine during pregnancy and offspring attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic traits.

Thyroid Hormones in Conventional and Organic Farmers in Thailand.

Multiple Myeloma in an Agricultural Worker Exposed to Pesticides.

Lifetime Pesticide Use and Antinuclear Antibodies in Male Farmers From the Agricultural Health Study.

Exposure to carbamate and neurodevelopment in children: Evidence from the SMBCS cohort in China.

Self-reported residential pesticide use and survival after breast cancer.

Arsenic/Metals

Multiple metal concentrations and gestational diabetes mellitus in Taiyuan, China.

Serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 in children exposed to arsenic from playground dust at elementary schools in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

Occupational exposure to heavy metals, alcohol intake, and risk of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes among Chinese male workers.

Changes in human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (HPBMC) populations and T-cell subsets associated with arsenic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposures in a Bangladesh cohort.

MicroRNAs play an important role in contributing to arsenic susceptibility in the chronically exposed individuals of West Bengal, India.

Maternal blood arsenic levels and associations with birth weight-for-gestational age.

Dose-dependent relationships between chronic arsenic exposure and cognitive impairment and serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

Mixtures

Co-exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and metals, four common polymorphisms in microRNA genes, and their gene-environment interactions: Influences on oxidative damage levels in Chinese coke oven workers.

Air Pollution/PAHs

[Prospective cohort study on association between peri-conceptional air pollution exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus].

Short-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of stroke in the Women’s Health Initiative.

Lack of association between particulate air pollution and blood glucose levels and diabetic status in peri-urban India.

Ischaemic heart disease and stroke mortality by specific coal type among non-smoking women with substantial indoor air pollution exposure in China.

Prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and childhood growth trajectories from age 5-14 years.

Alterations in platelet indices link polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons toxicity to low-grade inflammation in preschool children.

Miscellaneous

Gender Differences in Phytoestrogens and the Relationship with Speed of Processing in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES, 1999-2002.

A novel method for evaluating the effect of pollution on the human skin under controlled conditions.

Childhood leukemia in Ukraine after the Chornobyl accident.

Laboratory Studies

BPA/Phenols

A two-year toxicology study of bisphenol A (BPA) in Sprague-Dawley rats: CLARITY-BPA core study results.

Bisphenol A affects estradiol metabolism by targeting CYP1A1 and CYP19A1 in human placental JEG-3 cells.

Bisphenol AF compromises blood-testis barrier integrity and sperm quality in mice.

Prenatal exposures to bisphenol A and di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate disrupted seminiferous tubular development in growing male rats.

Bisphenol A exposure under metabolic stress induces accelerated cellular senescence in vivo in a p53 independent manner.

Concentration-dependent effects of 17β-estradiol and bisphenol A on lipid deposition, inflammation and antioxidant response in male zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Co-exposure to ketoconazole alters effects of bisphenol A in Danio rerio and H295R cells.

Evaluation of single and combined toxicity of bisphenol A and its analogues using a highly-sensitive micro-biosensor.

Phthalates

Effects of Dimethyl Phthalate (DMP) on Serum Sex Hormone Levels and Apoptosis in C57 Female Mice.

In utero and lactational exposure to diisopentyl phthalate (DiPeP) induces fetal toxicity and antiandrogenic effects in rats.

Androgen signaling in male fishes: Examples of anti-androgenic chemicals that cause reproductive disorders. [phthalates and vinclozolin]

Persistent Organic Pollutants

The impact of maternally derived dioxins on embryonic development and hepatic AHR signaling in a long-lived apex predator.

Lifelong exposure to dioxin-like PCBs alters paternal offspring care behavior and reduces male fish reproductive success.

Perfluoroalkyl Substances

Effects of chlorinated polyfluoroalkyl ether sulfonate in comparison with perfluoroalkyl acids on gene profiles and stemness in human mesenchymal stem cells.

Flame Retardants

Typical halogenated flame retardants affect human neural stem cell gene expression during proliferation and differentiation via glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta and T3 signaling.

Pesticides

Effects of chronic glyphosate exposure to pregnant mice on hepatic lipid metabolism in offspring.

Chlorpyrifos Exposure Induces Parkinsonian Symptoms and Associated Bone Loss in Adult Swiss Albino Mice.

Curcumin mitigates mancozeb-induced hepatotoxicity and genotoxicity in rats.

High-Dose Paraquat Induces Human Bronchial 16HBE Cell Death and Aggravates Acute Lung Intoxication in Mice by Regulating Keap1/p65/Nrf2 Signal Pathway.

Glutathione Reductase and Catalase as Potential Biomarkers for Synergistic intoxication of Pesticides in fish.

mRNA-Sequencing Identifies Liver as a Potential Target Organ for Triphenyl Phosphate in Embryonic Zebrafish.

Multigene biomarkers of pyrethroid exposure: exploratory experiments.

Modality-specific impairment of learning by a neonicotinoid pesticide.

Toxicokinetics of a urinary metabolite of tebuconazole following controlled oral and dermal administration in human volunteers.

Effects of Chlorpyrifos on Cholinesterase and Serine Lipase Activities and Lipid Metabolism in Brains of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Cypermethrin exposure reduces the ovarian reserve by causing mitochondrial dysfunction in granulosa cells.

The toxic effects and possible mechanisms of glyphosate on mouse oocytes.

Arsenic/Metals

Mercury Is Taken Up Selectively by Cells Involved in Joint, Bone, and Connective Tissue Disorders.

Effects of cadmium exposure on sperm and larvae of the neotropical fish Prochilodus magdalenae.

Melatonin attenuates cadmium-induced ovulatory dysfunction by suppressing endoplasmic reticulum stress and cell apoptosis.

Low concentrations of lead decrease the sperm fertilization ability by altering the acrosome reaction in mice.

Continuous exposure to mercury during embryogenesis and chick development affects later survival and reproduction of zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

Micro/Nanoplastics

Molecular toxicity of nanoplastics involving in oxidative stress and desoxyribonucleic acid damage.

Acute toxic effects of polyethylene microplastic on adult zebrafish.

Air Pollution

miRNAs deregulation in serum of mice is associated with lung cancer related pathway deregulation induced by PM2.5.

Assessment of hair cell damage and developmental toxicity after fine particulate matter 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) exposure using zebrafish (Danio rerio) models.

Mixtures

A novel method based on similarity and triangulation for predicting the toxicities of various binary mixtures.

Simplify: A Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Approach to Identify Additives and Synergists from Complex Mixtures.

A Preliminary Survey of Estrogenic Effects in Cultured Adult Male Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in the Seven Lakes of San Pablo City, Philippines.

Pharmaceuticals

Does the antidepressant sertraline show chronic effects on aquatic invertebrates at environmentally relevant concentrations? A case study with the keystone amphipod, Gammarus locusta.

Miscellaneous

Polyurethane foam induces epigenetic modification of mitochondrial DNA during different metamorphic stages of Tenebrio molitor.

Biotoxicity and tissue-specific oxidative stress induced by Gemini surfactant as a protocol on fingerlings of Cirrhinus mrigala (Ham.): An integrated experimental and theoretical methodology.

Phytoestrogen exposure alters endometrial stromal cells and interferes with decidualization signaling.

AHR and GPER mediate the stimulatory effects induced by 3-methylcholanthrene in breast cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs).

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons can trigger hepatocyte release of extracellular vesicles by various mechanisms of action depending on their affinity for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor.

Histological, biochemical and transcriptomic analyses reveal liver damage in zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to phenanthrene.

Androgenic/antiandrogenic activities of PAEs determined by a novel AR-mediated reporter gene assay based on LLC-MK2 cells.

Wildlife/Environment/Exposure Studies

BPA/Phenols

Canned food intake and urinary bisphenol a concentrations: a randomized crossover intervention study.

An Empirical Validation of the Within-subject Biospecimens Pooling Approach to Minimize Exposure Misclassification in Biomarker-based Studies. [BPA, phenols, parabens]

Phthalates

Biomarkers of Exposure to Chemical Contamination in the Commercial Fish Species Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788): A Particular Focus on Plastic Additives.

Time trend of exposure to the phthalate plasticizer substitute DINCH in Germany from 1999 to 2017: Biomonitoring data on young adults from the Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB).

Simultaneous Quantitative Detection of 10 Phthalates in PVC Children’s Toys by HPLC-PDA.

Detection of 20 phthalate esters in breast milk by GC-MS/MS using QuEChERS extraction method.

Persistent Organic Pollutants

The influence of natural variation and organohalogenated contaminants on physiological parameters in white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nestlings from Norway.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and legacy and current pesticides in indoor environment in Australia – occurrence, sources and exposure risks.

Sedimentary records of polychlorinated biphenyls in the East China Marginal Seas and Great Lakes: Significance of recent rise of emissions in China and environmental implications.

Historical record of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the continental shelf of the Korea Strait.

PCDD/PCDFs and PCBs in the irrigation water in Egypt: levels, patterns, and potential sources.

Dioxin and PCB residues in meats from Italy: Consumer dietary exposure.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of different indicator PCBs to estimating total PCB concentrations in environmental investigations.

Perfluoroalkyl Substances

Legacy and alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the U.S. general population: Paired serum-urine data from the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Characteristic and human exposure risk assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A study based on indoor dust and drinking water in China.

Occurrence and distribution of perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid in three major rivers of Xinjiang, China.

Distribution, sources and human risk of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in a receiving riverine environment of the Nanjing urban area, East China.

High contamination, bioaccumulation and risk assessment of perfluoroalkyl substances in multiple environmental media at the Baiyangdian Lake.

Concentration and distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Asan Lake area of South Korea.

Mixtures

Synergistic Effects of Climate Change and Marine Pollution: An Overlooked Interaction in Coastal and Estuarine Areas.

Flame Retardants

Biomonitoring of organophosphate triesters and diesters in human blood in Jiangsu Province, eastern China: Occurrences, associations, and suspect screening of novel metabolites.

Occurrence, distribution and human exposure to 20 organophosphate esters in air, soil, pine needles, river water, and dust samples collected around an airport in New York state, United States.

Tetrabromobisphenol-A-Bis(dibromopropyl ether) Flame Retardant in Eggs, Regurgitates, and Feces of Herring Gulls from Multiple North American Great Lakes Locations.

Sediment records of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Huaihe River, China: Implications for historical production and household usage of PBDE-containing products.

Pesticides

Survey of bioaccessible pyrethroid insecticides and sediment toxicity in urban streams of the northeast United States.

A comprehensive analysis of 201 pesticides for different herbal species-ready application using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry coupled with QuEChERs.

Assessment of Antibiotic and Pesticides Residues in Breast Milk of Syrian Refugee Lactating Mothers.

Biomonitoring of common organophosphate metabolites in hair and urine of children from an agricultural community.

Statistical and chemometric view of the variation in the concentration of selected organophosphates in peeled unwashed and unpeeled washed fruits and vegetables.

Arsenic/Metals

Using blood and feathers to investigate large-scale Hg contamination in Arctic seabirds: A review.

Assessment of Potential Heavy Metal Contamination in the Peri-urban Agricultural Soils of 31 Provincial Capital Cities in China.

Green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) as potential biomonitors of metal pollution near a former lead-zinc mine in West Greenland.

Oral bioaccessibility and human health risk assessment of trace elements in agricultural soils impacted by acid mine drainage.

Vulnerable Populations Exposed to Lead-Contaminated Drinking Water within Houston Ship Channel Communities.

Human biomonitoring to evaluate exposure to toxic and essential trace elements during pregnancy. Part A. concentrations in maternal blood, urine and cord blood.

Urinary Concentration Correction Methods for Arsenic, Cadmium, and Mercury: a Systematic Review of Practice-Based Evidence.

Quantification of Elemental Contaminants in Unregulated Water across Western Navajo Nation.

An important personality trait varies with blood and plumage metal concentrations in a free-living songbird.

Heavy metal toxicity from the leather industry in Bangladesh: a case study of human exposure in Dhaka industrial area.

Dietary intake of arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead by the population of Catalonia, Spain: Analysis of the temporal trend.

Air Pollution

Racial, ethnic, and income disparities in air pollution: A study of excess emissions in Texas.

Indoor measurements of air pollutants in residential houses in urban and suburban areas: Indoor versus ambient concentrations.

Microplastics

Plastic sources: A survey across scientific and grey literature for their inventory and relative contribution to microplastics pollution in natural environments, with an emphasis on surface water.

Microplastics contamination in different trophic state lakes along the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River Basin.

Importance of atmospheric transport for microplastics deposited in remote areas.

Tracking the distribution of microfiber pollution in a southern Lake Michigan watershed through the analysis of water, sediment and air.

Miscellaneous

Occurrence and ecological risk of pharmaceutical and personal care products in surface water of the Dongting Lake, China-during rainstorm period.

Concurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), viruses, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in ambient waters of Guwahati, India: Urban vulnerability and resilience perspective.

Exploring the application of artificial intelligence technology for identification of water pollution characteristics and tracing the source of water quality pollutants.

Occurrence and fate of androgens in municipal wastewater treatment plants in China.

Environmental comparison of indoor floor coverings.

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 and HEEDS at Commonweal.