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 …

Phthalates are a huge class of chemicals with a wide spectrum of industrial uses, from the
manufacture of plastics to food contact applications, children's toys, and medical devices …

Phthalate esters (PAEs) are one of the most widely used plasticizers in polymer products
and humans are increasingly exposed to them. The constant exposure to PAEs-contained …

Phthalates (diesters of phthalic acid) are widely used as plasticizers and additives in many
consumer products. Laboratory animal studies have reported the endocrine-disrupting and …

Background The evaluation of the chemical impact on human health is usually constrained
to the analysis of the health effects of exposure to a single chemical or a group of similar …

Disregarding the rising alarm on the hazardous nature of various phthalates and their
metabolites, ruthless usage of phthalates as plasticizer in plastics and as additives in …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are released into the environment from different
sources. They are mainly used in packaging industries, pesticides and food constituents …

Phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA) are compounds widely used as raw materials in the
production of plastics, making them ubiquitous in our daily lives. This results in widespread …

Despite the fact that the estrogenic effects of bisphenols were first described 80 years ago,
recent data about its potential negative impact on birth outcome parameters raises a strong …

We examine the role of adipose tissue, typically considered an energy storage site, as a
potential site of toxicant accumulation. Although the production of most persistent organic …