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Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Heavy Metals on Human Health

Toxics, 2023
Heavy metals play an important endocrine-disrupting role in the health consequences. However, the endocrine-disrupting mechanism of heavy metals is unclear.
Dongling Liu, Qianhan Shi, Cuiqing Liu, Qinghua Sun, Xiang Zeng   +4 more
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Health Effects Associated with Exposures to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Toxics, 2022
A number of recent studies have shown that human exposures to a wide range of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may increase the risk of disease across the lifespan by altering the homeostasis or action of endogenous hormones, or other signaling ...
Gunnar Toft, Zeyan Liew
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DETECTION OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS IN VARIOUS WATER SOURCES IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal
The occurrence of endocrine disrupting chemicals in various water sources is a growing problem worldwide. Endocrine disrupting chemicals are considered persistent contaminants in the aquatic environment, affecting various species including humans, due to
WALAA OTIFY, HOSNIA ABDEL-MOHSEIN, MANAL MAHMOUD, NAGWA ABO EL-MAALI, REEM DOSOKY   +4 more
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Early Puberty in Girls

Children, 2021
In recent decades, pubertal onset in girls has been considered to occur at an earlier age than previously. Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been associated with alterations in pubertal timing, with several reports suggesting that ...
Anastasios Papadimitriou, Dimitrios T Papadimitriou   +1 more
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Insulin Resistance in Children

Biomedicines, 2020
The purpose of this article is to review the evidence linking background exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) with insulin resistance in children.
Eleonora Rotondo, Francesco Chiarelli
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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and neurodevelopment in children

Pediatrics and Neonatology
Ming-Tao Yang
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Endocrine Disrupting Activity of Mixtures Composed of Pharmaceuticals and Nanoplastics

Proceedings, 2023
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are defined as “an exogenous chemical or mixture of chemicals that can interfere with any aspect of the hormone action” [...]
Lucija Božičević, Nikolina Peranić, Nikolina Kalčec, Ivana Vinković Vrček   +3 more
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Risk Evaluation of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

Dose-Response, 2015
We review here our studies on early exposure to low doses of the estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) on behavior and metabolism in CD-1 mice.
Laura Gioiosa, Paola Palanza, Stefano Parmigiani, Frederick S. vom Saal   +3 more
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Using assessment criteria for pesticides to evaluate the endocrine disrupting potential of non-pesticide chemicals: Case butylparaben

Environment International, 2020
Regulation of chemicals with endocrine disrupting properties depend on the use of the chemical rather than its intrinsic properties. Within the EU, the only criteria currently in place for identifying an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) are those ...
Julie Boberg, Hanna K.L. Johansson, Marta Axelstad, Gustav P.M. Olsen, Mathias Johansen, Stine A. Holmboe, Anna-Maria Andersson, Terje Svingen   +7 more
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The Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Adolescent Health

Çocuk Dergisi, 2023
Endocrine disrupting chemicals are found in many products such as soaps, shampoos, perfumes, kitchenware, textile materials, plastic bottles and containers, toys, and even foods and drinking water.
Özlem Ketenci Altıkardeşler, Firdevs Baş   +1 more
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