A review of toxicity and mechanisms of individual and mixtures of heavy metals in the environment

X Wu, SJ Cobbina, G Mao, H Xu, Z Zhang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
The rational for the study was to review the literature on the toxicity and corresponding
mechanisms associated with lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), and arsenic (As) …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: an Endocrine Society scientific statement

E Diamanti-Kandarakis, JP Bourguignon… - Endocrine …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
There is growing interest in the possible health threat posed by endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (EDCs), which are substances in our environment, food, and consumer products …

Chlorinated persistent organic pollutants, obesity, and type 2 diabetes

DH Lee, M Porta, DR Jacobs Jr… - Endocrine …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are lipophilic compounds that travel with lipids and
accumulate mainly in adipose tissue. Recent human evidence links low-dose POPs to an …

Hormones and endocrine-disrupting chemicals: low-dose effects and nonmonotonic dose responses

LN Vandenberg, T Colborn, TB Hayes… - Endocrine …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
For decades, studies of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have challenged traditional
concepts in toxicology, in particular the dogma of “the dose makes the poison,” because …

Environmental toxicology and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater

BI Escher, R Baumgartner, M Koller, K Treyer, J Lienert… - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, we evaluated the ecotoxicological potential of the 100 pharmaceuticals
expected to occur in highest quantities in the wastewater of a general hospital and a …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental obesogens and their impact on susceptibility to obesity: new mechanisms and chemicals

RJ Egusquiza, B Blumberg - Endocrinology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The incidence of obesity has reached an all-time high, and this increase is observed
worldwide. There is a growing need to understand all the factors that contribute to obesity to …

The effects of metals as endocrine disruptors

I Iavicoli, L Fontana, A Bergamaschi - Journal of Toxicology and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This review reports current knowledge regarding the roles that cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg),
arsenic (As), lead (PB), manganese (Mn), and zinc (Zn) play as endocrine-disrupting …

Analytical methods for the determination of mixtures of bisphenols and derivatives in human and environmental exposure sources and biological fluids. A review

N Caballero-Casero, L Lunar, S Rubio - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Bisphenol A (BPA) is ubiquitous in humans and the environment. Its potential adverse
effects through genomic and non-genomic pathways have fostered BPA replacement by …

Soy, phytoestrogens and their impact on reproductive health

CR Cederroth, C Zimmermann, S Nef - Molecular and cellular …, 2012 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in the potential health threats posed by endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) to the reproductive system. Soybean is the most important dietary source …