Phthalate metabolites: Characterization, toxicities, global distribution, and exposure assessment

YJ Zhang, JL Guo, J Xue, CL Bai, Y Guo - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Phthalates are plasticizers in various products and regarded as endocrine disruptors due to
their anti-androgen effects. Environmental occurrence and toxicities of parent phthalates …

Parabens. From environmental studies to human health

D Błędzka, J Gromadzińska, W Wąsowicz - Environment international, 2014 - Elsevier
Parabens are a group of substances commonly employed as preservatives, mainly in
personal care products, pharmaceuticals and food. Scientific reports concerning their …

State of the evidence 2017: an update on the connection between breast cancer and the environment

JM Gray, S Rasanayagam, C Engel, J Rizzo - Environmental Health, 2017 - Springer
Background In this review, we examine the continually expanding and increasingly
compelling data linking radiation and various chemicals in our environment to the current …

Assessing exposure to phthalates–the human biomonitoring approach

M Wittassek, HM Koch, J Angerer… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Some phthalates are developmental and reproductive toxicants in animals. Exposure to
phthalates is considered to be potentially harmful to human health as well. Based on a …

Overview of air pollution and endocrine disorders

PD Darbre - International journal of general medicine, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Over recent years, many environmental pollutant chemicals have been shown to possess
the ability to interfere in the functioning of the endocrine system and have been termed …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure determinants of phthalates, parabens, bisphenol A and triclosan in Swedish mothers and their children

K Larsson, KL Björklund, B Palm, M Wennberg… - Environment …, 2014 - Elsevier
Chemicals such as phthalates, parabens, bisphenol A (BPA) and triclosan (TCS), used in a
wide variety of consumer products, are suspected endocrine disrupters although their level …

Phthalate exposure and children's health

JM Braun, S Sathyanarayana… - Current opinion in …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Several epidemiological studies suggest fetal and childhood exposure to some phthalates
may perturb normal development, with several studies consistently reporting increased risk …

Possible endocrine disrupting effects of parabens and their metabolites

J Boberg, C Taxvig, S Christiansen, U Hass - Reproductive Toxicology, 2010 - Elsevier
Parabens are preservatives used in a wide range of cosmetic products, including products
for children, and some are permitted in foods. However, there is concern for endocrine …

Review of the safety of application of cosmetic products containing parabens

N Matwiejczuk, A Galicka… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cosmetics are a source of lifetime exposure to various substances including parabens,
being the most popular synthetic preservatives. Because the use of cosmetics shows an …

Paraben esters: review of recent studies of endocrine toxicity, absorption, esterase and human exposure, and discussion of potential human health risks

PD Darbre, PW Harvey - Journal of applied toxicology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This toxicology update reviews research over the past four years since publication in 2004 of
the first measurement of intact esters of p‐hydroxybenzoic acid (parabens) in human breast …