Lifestyle factors, which include the practices we adopt in our daily life, have a significant role
in shaping our overall health. These lifestyle choices are mainly centered on personal …

Large numbers and large quantities of endocrine-disrupting chemicals have been released
into the environment since World War II. Many of these chemicals can disturb development …

Persistence is a hazard criterion for chemicals enshrined in chemical regulation worldwide.
In this paper, we argue that the higher the persistence of a chemical, the greater the …

Although individual behaviors have not been proven to have a strong influence on the risk of
preterm birth, consistent evidence suggests that a constellation of favorable lifestyle factors …

Commercial polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and environmental extracts contain complex
mixtures of congeners that can be unequivocally identified and quantitated. Some PCB …

Male reproductive health has deteriorated in many countries during the last few decades. In
the 1990s, declining semen quality has been reported from Belgium, Denmark, France, and …

Considerations involved in developing a suite of indicators to monitor regional
environmental health, similar in conception to management use of 'leading economic …

Background In utero exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, a ubiquitous environmental
contaminant, has been linked to adverse effects on neurologic and intellectual function in …

Objectives: Exposure to high concentrations of persistent organochlorines may cause fetal
toxicity, but the evidence at low exposure levels is limited. Large studies with substantial …

Brominated flame retardants are a novel group of global environmental contaminants. Within
this group the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) constitute one class of many that are …