Microplastic exposure and effects in aquatic organisms: a physiological perspective

S Franzellitti, L Canesi, M Auguste… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The impact of microplastics (MPs) on aquatic life, given their ubiquitous presence in the
water compartment, represents a growing concern. Consistently, scientific knowledge is …

Environmental obesogens: mechanisms and controversies

JJ Heindel, B Blumberg - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Obesity is a worldwide pandemic in adults as well as children and adds greatly to health
care costs through its association with type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular …

Adsorption mechanisms of five bisphenol analogues on PVC microplastics

P Wu, Z Cai, H Jin, Y Tang - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics are easily embrittled and decomposed to microplastics in
an aquatic environment. The plasticizers such as bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol S (BPS) and …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-endpoint toxicological assessment of polystyrene nano-and microparticles in different biological models in vitro

M Hesler, L Aengenheister, B Ellinger, R Drexel… - Toxicology in Vitro, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NP) and microplastics (MP) accumulate in our environment as a consequence
of the massive consumption of plastics. Huge knowledge-gaps exist regarding uptake and …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review of the health and toxicological activity of bisphenol A (BPA) structural analogues and functional alternatives

K Pelch, JA Wignall, AE Goldstone, PK Ross, RB Blain… - Toxicology, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent studies report widespread usage or exposure to a variety of chemicals with structural
or functional similarity to bisphenol A (BPA), referred to as BPA analogues or derivatives …

Statistical methodology in studies of prenatal exposure to mixtures of endocrine-disrupting chemicals: a review of existing approaches and new alternatives

N Lazarevic, AG Barnett, PD Sly… - Environmental health …, 2019 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Prenatal exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) during critical
developmental windows have been implicated in the etiologies of a wide array of adverse …

Acrylamide: A review about its toxic effects in the light of Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD) concept

V Matoso, P Bargi-Souza, F Ivanski, MA Romano… - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The endocrine system is highly sensitive to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) which
interfere with metabolism, growth and reproduction throughout different periods of life …

Transgenerational effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on male and female reproduction

E Brehm, JA Flaws - Endocrinology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are known to interfere with normal reproductive function and
hormone signaling. Phthalates, bisphenol A, pesticides, and environmental contaminants …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals: Impact on human health, wildlife and the environment

T Encarnação, AACC Pais, MG Campos… - Science …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Endocrine disrupting chemicals are a group of pollutants that can affect the endocrine
system and lead to diseases and dysfunctions across the lifespan of organisms. They are …

[HTML][HTML] Endocrine disrupting chemicals: an occult mediator of metabolic disease

O Papalou, EA Kandaraki, G Papadakis… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), a heterogeneous group of exogenous chemicals
that can interfere with any aspect of endogenous hormones, represent an emerging global …