Non-monotonic dose-response relationships and endocrine disruptors: a qualitative method of assessment

F Lagarde, C Beausoleil, SM Belcher… - Environmental …, 2015 - Springer
Experimental studies investigating the effects of endocrine disruptors frequently identify
potential unconventional dose-response relationships called non-monotonic dose-response …

Molecular mechanisms of action of BPA

F Acconcia, V Pallottini, M Marino - Dose-response, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure has been associated with serious endocrine-disrupting effects
in humans and wildlife. Toxicological and epidemiological studies evidenced that BPA …

Environmental effects of BPA: focus on aquatic species

L Canesi, E Fabbri - Dose-Response, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Research on bisphenol A (BPA) as an environmental contaminant has now major regulatory
implications toward the ecosystem health, and hence it is incumbent on scientists to do their …

Why endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) challenge traditional risk assessment and how to respond

VF Fuhrman, A Tal, S Arnon - Journal of hazardous materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are a diverse group of “chemicals of emerging
concern” which have attracted much interest from the research community since the 1990s …

Human biomonitoring of phthalate exposure in Austrian children and adults and cumulative risk assessment

C Hartmann, M Uhl, S Weiss, HM Koch, S Scharf… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Phthalates are a class of chemicals widely used as plasticisers in a multitude of common
consumer products. Through contact with such products, people are regularly exposed to …

Effects of endocrine disruptor compounds, alone or in combination, on human macrophage-like THP-1 cell response

N Couleau, J Falla, A Beillerot, E Battaglia… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the immunological effects on human
macrophages of four endocrine disruptor compounds (EDCs) using the differentiated human …

[HTML][HTML] Manufacturing doubt about endocrine disrupter science–A rebuttal of industry-sponsored critical comments on the UNEP/WHO report “State of the Science of …

Å Bergman, G Becher, B Blumberg… - Regulatory Toxicology …, 2015 - Elsevier
We present a detailed response to the critique of “State of the Science of Endocrine
Disrupting Chemicals 2012”(UNEP/WHO, 2013) by financial stakeholders, authored by …

Chemical compounds from anthropogenic environment and immune evasion mechanisms: potential interactions

J Kravchenko, E Corsini, MA Williams… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
An increasing number of studies suggest an important role of host immunity as a barrier to
tumor formation and progression. Complex mechanisms and multiple pathways are involved …

The assessment of daily dietary intake reveals the existence of a different pattern of bioaccumulation of chlorinated pollutants between domestic dogs and cats

N Ruiz-Suárez, M Camacho, LD Boada… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pet dogs and cats have been proposed as sentinel species to assess environmental
contamination and human exposure to a variety of pollutants, including POPs. However …

Using systematic reviews for hazard and risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals

A Beronius, LN Vandenberg - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic …, 2015 - Springer
The possibility that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in our environment contribute to
hormonally related effects and diseases observed in human and wildlife populations has …