Microplastics in fish and fishery products and risks for human health: A review

L Alberghini, A Truant, S Santonicola… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, plastic waste has become a universally significant environmental problem.
Ingestion of food and water contaminated with microplastics is the main route of human …

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 …

Obesity II: establishing causal links between chemical exposures and obesity

JJ Heindel, S Howard, K Agay-Shay, JP Arrebola… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity is a multifactorial disease with both genetic and environmental components. The
prevailing view is that obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolism disrupting chemicals and metabolic disorders

JJ Heindel, B Blumberg, M Cave, R Machtinger… - Reproductive …, 2017 - Elsevier
The recent epidemics of metabolic diseases, obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), liver lipid
disorders and metabolic syndrome have largely been attributed to genetic background and …

Environmental chemical contaminants in food: review of a global problem

LA Thompson, WS Darwish - Journal of toxicology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contamination by chemicals from the environment is a major global food safety issue,
posing a serious threat to human health. These chemicals belong to many groups, including …

Persistent organic pollutants in food: contamination sources, health effects and detection methods

W Guo, B Pan, S Sakkiah, G Yavas, W Ge… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) present in foods have been a major concern for food
safety due to their persistence and toxic effects. To ensure food safety and protect human …

Environmental pollutants and child health—a review of recent concerns

M Vrijheid, M Casas, M Gascon, D Valvi… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, many new studies have evaluated associations between environmental
pollutants and child health. This review aims to provide a broad summary of this literature …

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 …

Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of human studies

N Stratakis, S Rock, MA La Merrill, M Saez… - Obesity …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the associations between prenatal
exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and childhood obesity. We focused on …

[HTML][HTML] Polycystic ovary syndrome and environmental toxins

AZ Rutkowska, E Diamanti-Kandarakis - Fertility and sterility, 2016 - Elsevier
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common, heterogeneous, and multifactorial
endocrine disorder in premenopausal women. The pathophysiology of this endocrinopathy …