In this review of reviews, we overview the current global body of available evidence from
structured reviews of epidemiological studies that explore human health outcomes …

Phthalates are plasticizers in various products and regarded as endocrine disruptors due to
their anti-androgen effects. Environmental occurrence and toxicities of parent phthalates …

As one of the core elements of the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) a
human biomonitoring (HBM) survey was conducted in 23 countries to generate EU-wide …

The global rate of human male infertility is rising at an alarming rate owing to environmental
and lifestyle changes. Phthalates are the most hazardous chemical additives in plastics and …

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 …

It is widely known that microplastics are present everywhere and they pose certain risks to
the ecosystem and humans which are partly attributed to the leaching of additives and …

Background Worldwide rising trend in infertility has been observed in the past few years with
male infertility arising as a major problem. One main reason for the rise in male infertility …

Background Fast food consumption is associated with biomarkers of ortho-phthalates
exposures. However, the chemical content of fast food is unknown; certain ortho-phthalates …

Abstract Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is an extensively used plasticizer and has been
shown to cause reproductive dysfunction in humans and model animals. However, the exact …

Phthalic acid esters (phthalates) have been detected everywhere in the environment, but
data on leaching kinetics and the governing mass transfer process into aqueous systems …