Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: implications for human health

LG Kahn, C Philippat, SF Nakayama… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Since reports published in 2015 and 2016 identified 15 probable exposure–outcome
associations, there has been an increase in studies in humans of exposure to endocrine …

Consensus on the key characteristics of endocrine-disrupting chemicals as a basis for hazard identification

MA La Merrill, LN Vandenberg, MT Smith… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous chemicals that interfere with
hormone action, thereby increasing the risk of adverse health outcomes, including cancer …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals: exposure, effects on human health, mechanism of action, models for testing and strategies for prevention

B Yilmaz, H Terekeci, S Sandal… - Reviews in endocrine and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) are a global problem for environmental
and human health. They are defined as “an exogenous chemical, or mixture of chemicals …

Environmental endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure: role in non-communicable diseases

M Kumar, DK Sarma, S Shubham, M Kumawat… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The exponential growth of pollutant discharges into the environment due to increasing
industrial and agricultural activities is a rising threat for human health and a biggest concern …

Health impacts of environmental contamination of micro-and nanoplastics: a review

B Jiang, AE Kauffman, L Li, W McFee, B Cai… - … health and preventive …, 2020 - Springer
Plastics are extensively used in our daily life. However, a significant amount of plastic waste
is discharged to the environment directly or via improper reuse or recycling. Degradation of …

[HTML][HTML] Human health and ocean pollution

PJ Landrigan, JJ Stegeman, LE Fleming… - Annals of global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Pollution–unwanted waste released to air, water, and land by human activity–is
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: economic, regulatory, and policy implications

CD Kassotis, LN Vandenberg, BA Demeneix… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) substantially cost society as a result of increases in
disease and disability but—unlike other toxicant classes such as carcinogens—have yet to …

Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals components: the need for urgent preventive measures

F Gallo, C Fossi, R Weber, D Santillo… - … of Nanoplastics and …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Persistent plastics, with an estimated lifetime for degradation of hundreds of years in marine
conditions, can break up into micro-and nanoplastics over shorter timescales, thus …

Oxidative stress in NAFLD: role of nutrients and food contaminants

C Rives, A Fougerat, S Ellero-Simatos, N Loiseau… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is often the hepatic expression of metabolic
syndrome and its comorbidities that comprise, among others, obesity and insulin-resistance …

Female fertility and environmental pollution

R Canipari, L De Santis, S Cecconi - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
A realistic picture of our world shows that it is heavily polluted everywhere. Coastal regions
and oceans are polluted by farm fertilizer, manure runoff, sewage and industrial discharges …