Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: implications for human health

LG Kahn, C Philippat, SF Nakayama… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Since reports published in 2015 and 2016 identified 15 probable exposure–outcome
associations, there has been an increase in studies in humans of exposure to endocrine …

Consensus on the key characteristics of endocrine-disrupting chemicals as a basis for hazard identification

MA La Merrill, LN Vandenberg, MT Smith… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous chemicals that interfere with
hormone action, thereby increasing the risk of adverse health outcomes, including cancer …

Trends in obesity and adiposity measures by race or ethnicity among adults in the United States 2011-18: population based study

B Liu, Y Du, Y Wu, LG Snetselaar, RB Wallace, W Bao - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To examine the trends in obesity and adiposity measures, including body mass
index, waist circumference, body fat percentage, and lean mass, by race or ethnicity among …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals: exposure, effects on human health, mechanism of action, models for testing and strategies for prevention

B Yilmaz, H Terekeci, S Sandal… - Reviews in endocrine and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) are a global problem for environmental
and human health. They are defined as “an exogenous chemical, or mixture of chemicals …

Environmental endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure: role in non-communicable diseases

M Kumar, DK Sarma, S Shubham, M Kumawat… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The exponential growth of pollutant discharges into the environment due to increasing
industrial and agricultural activities is a rising threat for human health and a biggest concern …

Developmental origins of metabolic diseases

DJ Hoffman, TL Powell, ES Barrett… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Almost 2 billion adults in the world are overweight, and more than half of them are classified
as obese, while nearly one-third of children globally experience poor growth and …

Health impacts of environmental contamination of micro-and nanoplastics: a review

B Jiang, AE Kauffman, L Li, W McFee, B Cai… - … health and preventive …, 2020 - Springer
Plastics are extensively used in our daily life. However, a significant amount of plastic waste
is discharged to the environment directly or via improper reuse or recycling. Degradation of …

[HTML][HTML] Human health and ocean pollution

PJ Landrigan, JJ Stegeman, LE Fleming… - Annals of global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Pollution–unwanted waste released to air, water, and land by human activity–is
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …

[HTML][HTML] Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and female reproductive outcomes: PFAS elimination, endocrine-mediated effects, and disease

BP Rickard, I Rizvi, SE Fenton - Toxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are widespread environmental contaminants
frequently detected in drinking water supplies worldwide that have been linked to a variety of …

Low-grade inflammation and ultra-processed foods consumption: a review

M Tristan Asensi, A Napoletano, F Sofi, M Dinu - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Low-grade inflammation alters the homeostasis of the organism and favors the onset of
many chronic diseases. The global growth in the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases …