Contamination by chemicals from the environment is a major global food safety issue,
posing a serious threat to human health. These chemicals belong to many groups, including …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals are ubiquitous chemicals that exhibit endocrine disrupting
properties in both humans and animals. Female reproduction is an important process, which …

It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid exposure to man-made endocrine disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) and environmental toxicants. This escalating yet constant exposure is …

The incidence and/or prevalence of health problems associated with endocrine‐disruption
have increased. Many chemicals have endocrine‐disrupting properties, including bisphenol …

Concern exists over whether additives in plastics to which most people are exposed, such
as phthalates, bisphenol A or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, may cause harm to human …

While an evaluation of the estrous cycle in laboratory rodents can be a useful measure of the
integrity of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐ovarian reproductive axis, it can also serve as a way …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are ubiquitous in daily life, but their harmful effects
on the human body have not been fully explored. Recent studies have shown that EDCs …

Recent research indicates that the human infertility rate is increasing. Although various
reasons have been hypothesized for the growing infertility rate, environmental contaminants …

Summary DDT (bis [4-chlorophenyl]-1, 1, 1-trichloroethane) is a persistent insecticide that
was used worldwide from the mid 1940s until its ban in the USA and other countries in the …

Heavy metals and organic pollutants are ubiquitous environmental pollutants affecting the
quality of soil, water and air. Over the past 5 decades, many strategies have been developed …