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Concentrations of urinary parabens and reproductive hormones in Iranian women: Exposure and risk assessment

Toxicology Reports, 2022
Parabens are antimicrobial preservatives in a variety of processed foods and beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. Parabens may be associated with reproductive and endocrine disorders among women of reproductive age.
Mohammad Malakootian, Afsane Chavoshani, Majid Hashemi, Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Bahareh Shoshtari-Yeganeh, Saeed Fadaei, Sedighe Khazaei, Habibeh Nasab, Mahshid Malakootian, Bahador Neamati   +9 more
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Parabens as environmental contaminants of aquatic systems affecting water quality and microbial dynamics.

Science of the Total Environment, 2023
Among different pollutants of emerging concern, parabens have gained rising interest due to their widespread detection in water sources worldwide. This occurs because parabens are used in personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and food, in which ...
A. Pereira, M. Simões, I. Gomes
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Integration of the Integrate, Design, Assess, and Share Framework in Developing the Environmental Health Literacy Toolkit Paraben-Free & Me: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

JMIR Res Protoc
BackgroundEndocrine-disrupting chemicals, such as parabens, are commonly found in personal care products (PCPs). Exposure to parabens is linked to several significant health risks, such as reproductive disorders, breast cancer, infertility, and hormone ...
De Michino G, Dhillon S, Barakat C.
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Exploratory profiles of phenols, parabens, and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances among NHANES study participants in association with previous cancer diagnoses

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 2023
Some hormonally active cancers have low survival rates, but a large proportion of their incidence remains unexplained. Endocrine disrupting chemicals may affect hormone pathways in the pathology of these cancers.
Amber L. Cathey, Vy K. Nguyen, J. Colacino, Tracey J Woodruff, Peggy Reynolds, Max T. Aung   +5 more
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Parabens preferentially accumulate in metastatic breast tumors compared to benign breast tumors and the association of breast cancer risk factors with paraben accumulation

Environmental Advances, 2023
Parabens are a category of antimicrobial preservatives that may play a role in the etiology and epidemiology of cancers. Parabens are employed in a wide range of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and processed foods.
Craig A. Downs, Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Maryam Tabatabaeian, Afsane Chavoshani, Elham Amjadi, Alireza Afshari, Roya Kelishadi   +6 more
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Minireview: Parabens Exposure and Breast Cancer

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
There is increasing recognition that environmental exposure to chemicals, such as endocrine-disruptive chemicals (EDCs), contributes to the development of breast cancer.
Emily R. Hager, Jiangang Chen, Ling Zhao
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Environmental Endocrinology: Parabens Hazardous Effects on Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Thyroid Axis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
Parabens are classified as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) capable of interfering with the normal functioning of the thyroid, affecting the proper regulation of the biosynthesis of thyroid hormones (THs), which is controlled by the hypothalamic ...
Damáris Barcelos Cunha Azeredo, Denilson de Sousa Anselmo, P. Soares, J. Graceli, D. Magliano, Leandro Miranda-Alves   +5 more
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Toxicities of Four Parabens and Their Mixtures to and [PDF]

Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2018
The objective of this study was to determine toxicities of four parabens (methyl paraben, MP; ethyl paraben, EP; n-propyl paraben, PP; and n-butyl paraben; BP) and their mixtures to two aquatic microorganisms, Daphnia magna and Aliivibrio fischeri ...
Jaewoong Lee, Seung Hyuck Bang, Yang-Hoon Kim, Jiho Min   +3 more
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From Oxidative Stress to Male Infertility: Review of the Associations of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (Bisphenols, Phthalates, and Parabens) with Human Semen Quality

Antioxidants, 2022
Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may result in oxidative stress and endocrine system disturbance, which can have an impact on human reproduction and development.
I. Virant-Klun, Senka Imamovic-Kumalic, B. Pinter   +2 more
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Development of a sensitive analytical method for the simultaneous analysis of Benzophenone-type UV filters and paraben preservatives in umbilical cord blood

MethodsX, 2021
UV filters and parabens are compounds used in large quantities in modern societies and have become ubiquitous in the environment. They are considered compounds of emerging concern due to the unwanted effects they cause in the environment and their ...
Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Amelia Peiró, Marta Díaz, Lourdes Ibáñez, Pablo Gago-Ferrero, M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz   +5 more
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