New EDC articles, week of Sep. 11 – 17, 2019 – HEEDS

New EDC articles, week of Sep. 11 – 17, 2019

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:September 17, 2019
Post category:EDC Science Weekly

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

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

Regulations/Policy

Detect and re-assess impact of chemicals on health and environment during post-market evaluation.

Critical assessment and integration of separate lines of evidence for risk assessment of chemical mixtures.

Safety Assessment of Alkyl Phosphates as Used in Cosmetics.

Food ingredient safety evaluation: Utility and relevance of toxicokinetic methods. [review]

Fine particulate matter damages and value added in the US economy and related article, Understanding the industrial contribution to pollution offers opportunities to further improve air quality in the United States.

Air pollution: The time has arrived for the medical profession to take ownership of the problem and act.

Computational Toxicology

Identification of differentially expressed genes and networks related to hepatic lipid dysfunction.

In Silico Modeling Method for Computational Aquatic Toxicology of Endocrine Disruptors: A Software-Based Approach Using QSAR Toolbox.

A Case study on the utility of predictive toxicology tools in alternatives assessments for hazardous chemicals in children’s consumer products.

Modified Reference Point Index (mRPI) and a decision tree for deriving uncertainty factors: A practical approach to cumulative risk assessment of food contaminant mixtures.

Other Miscellaneous Articles

ABCD: Alzheimer’s disease Biomarkers Comprehensive Database. [new database available here]

Reporting gaps between news media and scientific papers on outdoor air pollution-related health outcomes: A content analysis. [China]

Challenges in Environmental Health Research and Sustainability in a Less Developed Country: a Case Study From Jordan.

Environmental science and pollution research. [special issue on The 18th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment ISTA18]

Reviews

Which chemicals should be grouped together for mixture risk assessments of male reproductive disorders?

Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors and corticosteroid homeostasis are potential targets for endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

Evolution of the androgen receptor: Perspectives from human health to dancing birds.

A review of environmental and occupational toxins in relation to sex ratio at birth.

Characterizing Crude Oil Toxicity to Early-Life Stage Fish Based On a Complex Mixture: Are We Making Unsupported Assumptions?

Fate of environmental pollutants.

Contaminants: a dark side of food supplements?

Effects of pollution on marine organisms.

Micro- and nano-plastics in marine environment: Source, distribution and threats – A review.

The “exposome” concept – how environmental risk factors influence cardiovascular health. [focuses on air pollution and noise]

A mechanism for the influence of the prenatal environment on adult fertility. [commentary]

BPA/Phenols/Phthalates

Bisphenol A Analogues in Food and Their Hormonal and Obesogenic Effects: A Review.

Persistent Organic Pollutants

The Undervalued Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure on Breast Cancer.

Persistent pollutants: focus on perfluorinated compounds and kidney.

Metals

Trace element concentration changes in brain tumors: a review.

Mechanisms of Chromium-Induced Toxicity.

Biological and molecular modifications induced by cadmium and arsenic during breast and prostate cancer development.

Pesticides

A holistic study of neonicotinoids neuroactive insecticides-properties, applications, occurrence, and analysis.

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review.

Pesticides and herbicides.

Human Health Studies

BPA/Phenols/Triclosan/Parabens

Association of urinary bisphenols and triclosan with thyroid function during early pregnancy.

Investigating exposure to endocrine disruptors via hair analysis of pregnant women.

Phthalates

Serum beta-carotene modifies the association between phthalate mixtures and insulin resistance: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2006.

Perfluoroalkyl Substances

Association between perfluoroalkyl substance exposure and thyroid hormone/thyroid antibody levels in maternal and cord blood: The Hokkaido Study.

Isomers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and uric acid in adults: Isomers of C8 Health Project in China.

Arsenic/Metals

Cumulative Childhood Lead Levels in Relation to Sleep During Adolescence.

Trace elements geochemistry in high-incidence areas of liver-related diseases, northwestern Ethiopia.

Epidemiological study of kidney health in an area with high levels of soil cadmium and selenium: Does selenium protect against cadmium-induced kidney injury?

Prenatal Lead Exposure and Childhood Executive Function and Behavioral Difficulties in Project Viva.

Edible weeds: Are urban environments fit for foraging?

Early life and adolescent arsenic exposure from drinking water and blood pressure in adolescence.

The association between blood cadmium and glycated haemoglobin among never-, former, and current smokers: A cross-sectional study in France.

Urinary lead concentration and composition of the adult gut microbiota in a cross-sectional population-based sample.

Dietary mercury intake and colorectal cancer risk: A case-control study.

Air Pollution and Noise

Ambient air pollution and in vitro fertilization treatment outcomes.

Benefits of physical activity not affected by air pollution: a prospective cohort study.

Associations of wildfire smoke PM2.5 exposure with cardiorespiratory events in Colorado 2011-2014.

Twin growth discordance in association with maternal exposure to fine particulate matter and its chemical constituents during late pregnancy.

Behavioral and Emotional Disorders and Transportation Noise among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Ambient air pollution exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus in Guangzhou, China: A prospective cohort study.

Combined effects of traffic air pollution and home environmental factors on preterm birth in China.

Assessing Potential Health Impacts of Wind Turbine Noise: A Longitudinal Look at Multiple End Points [EHP science selection]

Miscellaneous

The lag effect of water pollution on the mortality rate for esophageal cancer in a rapidly industrialized region in China.

Association of environmental exposure with hematological and oxidative stress alteration in gasoline station attendants.

Laboratory Studies

BPA/Phenols

Gestational exposure to bisphenol A and bisphenol S leads to fetal skeletal muscle hypertrophy independent of sex.

Persistent vs transient alteration of folliculogenesis and estrous cycle after neonatal vs adult exposure to Bisphenol A.

Transgenerational effect of parental obesity and chronic parental bisphenol A exposure on hormonal profile and reproductive organs of preadolescent Wistar rats of F1 generation: A one-generation study.

Neurochemical and behavioral analysis by acute exposure to bisphenol A in zebrafish larvae model.

Prenatal BPA and its analogs BPB, BPF, and BPS exposure and reproductive axis function in the male offspring of Sprague Dawley rats.

Phthalates

In silico study of molecular mechanisms of action: Estrogenic disruptors among phthalate esters.

Transcriptomic analysis reveals potential mechanisms of toxicity in a combined exposure to dibutyl phthalate and diisobutyl phthalate in zebrafish (Danio rerio) ovary.

Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials

Triclosan-selected host-associated microbiota perform xenobiotic biotransformations in larval zebrafish.

Persistent Organic Pollutants

Genome-Scale Characterization of Toxicity-Induced Metabolic Alterations in Primary Hepatocytes.

Comparative toxicoproteogenomics of mouse and rat liver identifies TCDD-resistance genes.

Transcriptome analysis in normal human liver cells exposed to 2, 3, 3′, 4, 4′, 5 – Hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 156).

A dual mixture of persistent organic pollutants modifies carbohydrate metabolism in the human hepatic cell line HepaRG.

Effects of the organochlorine p,p’-DDT on MCF-7 cells: Investigating metabolic and immune modulatory transcriptomic changes.

Comparative thyroid disruption by o,p’-DDT and p,p’-DDE in zebrafish embryos/larvae.

Maternal folic acid supplementation does not counteract the deleterious impact of prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants on lipid homeostasis in male rat descendants.

Perfluoroalkyl Substances

PFOS modulates interactive epigenetic regulation in first-trimester human trophoblast cell line HTR-8/SVneo.

Metabolomic analysis reveals metabolic alterations of human peripheral blood lymphocytes by perfluorooctanoic acid.

Toxicokinetics of 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (8:2-FTOH) in male and female Hsd:Sprague Dawley SD rats after intravenous and gavage administration.

Perfluorooctanoic acid induces migration and invasion and inhibits apoptosis through the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in human rhabdomyosarcoma cells.

Flame Retardants

Sub-chronic exposure to Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate induces sex-dependent hepatotoxicity in rats.

BDE-209 induces male reproductive toxicity via cell cycle arrest and apoptosis mediated by DNA damage response signaling pathways.

Pesticides

Effect of Chlorpyrifos on human extravillous-like trophoblast cells.

Cellular, humoral and molecular responses in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to a herbicide and subsequently infected with infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus.

Potential effects of internal physio-ecological changes on the online biomonitoring of water quality: The behavior responses with circadian rhythms of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to different chemicals.

Lethal toxicity and gene expression changes in embryonic zebrafish upon exposure to individual and mixture of malathion, chlorpyrifos and lambda-cyhalothrin.

Phagocytic activity of human macrophages and Drosophila hemocytes after exposure to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid.

Environmentally relevant atrazine exposures cause DNA damage in cells of the lateral antennules of crayfish (Faxonius virilis).

Individual and combined effects of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides on the cricket frog Fejervarya limnocharis.

The Role of Dimethoate and UV-B on Skin of Wistar Rats.

(3Z)-5-Chloro-3-(Hydroxyimino)indolin-2-one attenuates hyperglycemia, increased hepatic glycogen content and hepatic damage induced by malathion acute exposure in rats.

Changes in brain acetylcholinesterase and oxidative stress biomarkers in Clarias gariepinus exposed to carbendazim.

Terrestrial adult stages of freshwater insects are sensitive to insecticides.

Implantation and pregnancy outcome of Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to pirimiphos-methyl.

In vitro assessment of corticosteroid effects of eight chiral herbicides.

A glyphosate-based herbicide induces sub-lethal effects in early life stages and liver cell line of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.

Arsenic/Metals

The effect of lead, restraint stress or their co-exposure on the movement disorders incidence in male mice.

Organotins

Transgenerational Self-Reconstruction of Disrupted Chromatin Organization After Exposure To An Environmental Stressor in Mice.

Bioaccumulation of TBT and Its Cellular Toxic Effects on the Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii.

Microplastics

Maternal exposure to different sizes of polystyrene microplastics during gestation causes metabolic disorders in their offspring.

Effects of Microplastics in Soil Ecosystems: Above and Below Ground.

Temperature and clone-dependent effects of microplastics on immunity and life history in Daphnia magna.

Mixtures

Genotoxic, cytotoxic, and cytopathological effects in rats exposed for 18 months to a mixture of 13 chemicals in doses below NOAEL levels.

Antagonistic effects in zebrafish (Danio rerio) behavior and oxidative stress induced by toxic metals and deltamethrin acute exposure.

Nanosized titanium dioxide UV filter increases mixture toxicity when combined with parabens.

Oil Related Compounds

Hepatobiliary Analyses Suggest Chronic PAH Exposure in Hakes (Urophycis spp.) Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

Adverse effects of naphthenic acids on reproductive health: a focus on placental trophoblast cells.

Miscellaneous

Dietary Contaminants and Their Effects on Zebrafish Embryos.

Acute exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of benzophenone-3 induced genotoxicity in Poecilia reticulata.

Role of miR-182-5p overexpression in trichloroethylene-induced abnormal cell cycle functions in human HepG2 cells.

Functions of thioredoxin1 in brain development and in response to environmental chemicals in zebrafish embryos.

Wildlife/Environment/Exposure Studies

BPA/Phenols

Occurrence, Distribution and Ecological Risk of Bisphenol Analogues in the Surface Water from a Water Diversion Project in Nanjing, China.

Phthalates

Beyond Phthalate Diesters: Existence of Phthalate Monoesters in South China House Dust and Implications for Human Exposure.

Occurrence of phthalate esters in the eastern coast of Thailand.

Parabens/Triclosan/Antimicrobials

Probabilistic exposure assessment of aggregate rates of dermal exposure of Japanese women and children to parabens in personal care products.

Persistent Organic Pollutants

Organic contaminants in human breast milk identified by non-targeted analysis.

A review of levels and profiles of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in different environmental media from China.

Emission characteristics of polychlorinated, polybrominated and mixed polybrominated/chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs, PBDD/Fs, and PBCDD/Fs) from waste incineration and metallurgical processes in China.

Integrated exposure assessment of northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) nestlings to legacy and emerging organic pollutants using non-destructive samples.

Occurrence and dietary exposure of organochlorine pesticides in common carp obtained from integrated production systems.

High pollutant exposure level of the largest European community of bottlenose dolphins in the English Channel.

Perfluoroalkyl Substances

Neutral polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances in surface water and sediment from the Haihe River and Dagu Drainage Canal deserve more attention.

Biomagnification of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in the food web of an urban river: assessment of the trophic transfer of targeted and unknown precursors and implications.

Flame Retardants

Occurrence and congener profiles of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in green mussels (Perna viridis) collected from northern South China Sea and the associated potential health risk.

Simultaneous determination of legacy and emerging organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in indoor dust using liquid and gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: method development, validation, and application.

Pesticides

Insecticide Risk in United States Surface Waters: Drivers and Spatiotemporal Modeling.

An Environmental Model of Honey Bee Colony Collapse Due to Pesticide Contamination.

A neonicotinoid insecticide reduces fueling and delays migration in songbirds.

Creating the Urban Farmer’s Almanac with Citizen Science Data.

PEST-CHEMGRIDS, global gridded maps of the top 20 crop-specific pesticide application rates from 2015 to 2025.

The identification, health risks and olfactory effects assessment of VOCs released from the wastewater storage tank in a pesticide plant.

Arsenic/Metals

Risk of human exposure to metals in some household hygienic products in Nigeria.

Contents of Chromium and Arsenic in Tea (Camellia sinensis L.): Extent of Transfer into Tea Infusion and Health Consequence.

Concentrations of macronutrients, minerals and heavy metals in home-prepared diets for adult dogs and cats.

Dietary exposure assessment of total mercury and methylmercury in commercial rice in Sri Lanka.

Human health risk assessment of cadmium exposure through rice consumption in cadmium-contaminated areas of the Mae Tao sub-district, Tak, Thailand.

Co-occurrence, possible origin, and health-risk assessment of arsenic and fluoride in drinking water sources in Mexico: Geographical data visualization.

Arsenic Drinking Water Violations Decreased across the United States Following Revision of the Maximum Contaminant Level.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and metal contamination of air and surfaces exposed to combustion emissions during emergency fire suppression: Implications for firefighters’ exposures.

Concentration and pollution assessment of heavy metals within surface sediments of the Raohe Basin, China.

Metal(loid)s (As, Hg, Se, Pb and Cd) in paddy soil: Bioavailability and potential risk to human health.

Heavy metals risk assessment in drinking water: An integrated probabilistic-fuzzy approach.

Health risk assessments of arsenic and toxic heavy metal exposure in drinking water in northeast Iran.

Metal concentrations in corals from South Africa and the Mascarene Basin: A first assessment for the Western Indian Ocean.

Sources and transport of methylmercury in the Yangtze River and the impact of the Three Gorges Dam.

Evaluation of health risks from exposure to arsenic and heavy metals through consumption of ten fish species.

Toxic metal(loid)s contamination and potential human health risk assessment in the vicinity of century-old copper smelter, Karabash, Russia.

Patterns of blood mercury variation in two long-distance migratory thrushes on Mount Mansfield, Vermont.

Mineral Content in Honeybee Wax Combs as a Measurement of the Impact of Environmental Factors.

Health Risk Assessment of Dermal Exposure to Heavy Metals Content of Chemical Hair Dyes.

Microplastics

Multidecadal increase in plastic particles in coastal ocean sediments.

A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean.

Miscellaneous

Chemical Composition and Toxicity of Particles Emitted from a Consumer-level 3D Printer using Various Materials.

A Spatial Analysis of Possible Environmental Exposures in Recreational Areas Impacted by Hurricane Harvey Flooding, Harris County, Texas.

A systematic review on biomonitoring of individuals living near or working at solid waste incinerator plants.

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.

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