EDC-2: the Endocrine Society's second scientific statement on endocrine-disrupting chemicals

AC Gore, VA Chappell, SE Fenton, JA Flaws… - Endocrine …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Endocrine Society's first Scientific Statement in 2009 provided a wake-up call to
the scientific community about how environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) …

Pyrethroids: exposure and health effects–an update

AM Saillenfait, D Ndiaye, JP Sabaté - International journal of hygiene and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Synthetic pyrethroids are present in numerous commercial insecticide formulations and
have extensive indoor and outdoor applications worldwide, including agricultural, public …

Prenatal factors associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

A Ornoy, L Weinstein-Fudim, Z Ergaz - Reproductive toxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affecting about 1% of all children is associated, in addition
to complex genetic factors, with a variety of prenatal, perinatal and postnatal etiologies. We …

Pyrethroid insecticide exposure and cognitive developmental disabilities in children: The PELAGIE mother–child cohort

JF Viel, C Warembourg, G Le Maner-Idrissi… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pyrethroid insecticides are widely used in agriculture and in homes. Despite the
neurotoxicity of these insecticides at high doses, few studies have examined whether lower …

Is birth a critical period in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders?

Y Ben-Ari - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Birth is associated with a neuroprotective, oxytocin-mediated abrupt excitatory-to-inhibitory
GABA shift that is abolished in autism, and its restoration attenuates the disorder in offspring …

[HTML][HTML] Multifactorial origin of neurodevelopmental disorders: approaches to understanding complex etiologies

A De Felice, L Ricceri, A Venerosi, F Chiarotti… - Toxics, 2015 - mdpi.com
A significant body of evidence supports the multifactorial etiology of neurodevelopmental
disorders (NDDs) affecting children. The present review focuses on early exposure to …

Prenatal exposure to common environmental factors affects brain lipids and increases risk of developing autism spectrum disorders

CT Wong, J Wais, DA Crawford - European Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD s) has been on the rise over recent
years. The presence of diverse subsets of candidate genes in each individual with an ASD …

Autism spectrum disorder prevalence and proximity to industrial facilities releasing arsenic, lead or mercury

AS Dickerson, MH Rahbar, I Han, AV Bakian… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Prenatal and perinatal exposures to air pollutants have been shown to adversely affect birth
outcomes in offspring and may contribute to prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …

Pre-and postnatal exposures to pesticides and neurodevelopmental effects in children living in agricultural communities from South-Eastern Spain

B González-Alzaga, AF Hernández… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Childrens exposure to neurotoxic compounds poses a major problem to public
health because of their actively developing brain that makes them highly vulnerable …

Developmental neurotoxic effects of two pesticides: Behavior and neuroprotein studies on endosulfan and cypermethrin

I Lee, P Eriksson, A Fredriksson, S Buratovic, H Viberg - Toxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
Developmental neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals have been of
growing interest in recent years due to the increasing reports of neuropsychiatric disorders …