Background Current intra-domiciliary vector control depends on the application of residual
insecticides and/or repellents. Although biological control agents have been developed …

Over the last decades, the onset of puberty in girls has occurred earlier, but the tempo of
pubertal progression has been relatively slower, resulting in a younger age at puberty onset …

Background Evidence suggests that p, p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene (DDE) affects
neurodevelopment in infants, although a critical exposure window has not yet been …

Background: Although dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) exposure is known to affect
human endocrine function, few previous studies have investigated the effects of DDT …

Environmental toxicants (ETs) are an exogenous chemical group diffused in the
environment that contaminate food, water, air and soil, and through the food chain, they …

BACKGROUND: Persistent organochlorine pollutants (POP), such as polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCB) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p, p′-DDE), are widely found in the …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are restricted
compounds that are ubiquitously detected in the environment, including indoor matrices …

Prospective clinical studies have suggested that the rate of congenital cryptorchidism has
increased since the 1950s. It has been hypothesized that this may be related to …

The persistent insecticide DDT (1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane) has been
widely used for pest control in the management of mosquito-borne malaria and is still used …

Organohalogen compounds (OHCs) have been used and still are used extensively as
pesticides, flame retardants, hydraulic fluids, and in other industrial applications. These …