BACKGROUND Exposure to environmental chemicals may impair endocrine system function. Alaska Native (AN) women may be at higher risk of exposure to these endocrine disrupting chemicals, which may contribute to breast cancer in this population. OBJECTIVE To measure the association between exposure to select environmental chemicals and breast cancer among AN women. DESIGN A case-control study ...

Thesium viride Hill, a member of the Santalaceae family, treats several ailments. However, few pharmacological investigations have been done to ascertain its folklore usage. The present study evaluated presence phytochemical constituents and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy profiling whole plant extract oral toxicity in Balb/c mouse model. plant-dried sample was collected from Zaria local g...

Phthalate acid esters (PAEs) are widely used as raw materials for industries that well known their environmental contamination and toxicological effects “endocrine disruptors”. The determining of PAE was based on analysis dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl (DEP), dipropyl (DPP), dibutyl (DBP), diisobutyl (DiBP), dicyclohexyl (DCHP) di(2-ethylhexyl) (DEHP) in wastewater sediment samples collected...

The research is aimed at solving an urgent problem of microbiology, that studying bacterial degradation processes persistent environmental pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and phthalates. study examined the ability bacteria Micrococcaceae family, isolated from technogenically polluted territories Perm Region, to degrade phthalates: esters ortho-phthalic acid, tereph...

Phthalates are associated with a variety of health outcomes, but sources that may be targeted for exposure reduction messaging remain elusive. Diet is considered a significant exposure pathway for these compounds. Therefore, we sought to identify primary foods associated with increased exposure through a review of the food monitoring survey and epidemiological data. A search in PubMed and Googl...

Diethyl phthalate (DEP) works as a phthalate plasticizer and is ubiquitously used in personal care products, cosmetics, medical equipment and pharmaceutical coating. DEP is considered a potential endocrine disruptor. Previously we found DEP-enhanced apoptosis induced by serum deprivation in PC12 cells. However, the relationship between DEP and longevity-related factors, sirtuins and epigenetic ...

Removal of persistent pollutants from water by photoelectrocatalysis has emerged as a promising powerful process. Applied potential plays key role in the photocatalytic activity semi-conductor well possible presence chloride ions solution. This work aims to investigate these effects on photoelectrocatalytic oxidation diethyl phthalate (DEP) using TiO2 nanotubular anodes under solar light irradi...

BACKGROUND Phthalates are endocrine-disrupting chemicals that influence thyroid hormones and sex steroids, both critical for brain development. AIM We studied phthalate concentrations in house dust in relation to the risks of developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or developmental delay (DD). METHODS Participants were a subset of children from the CHARGE (CHildhood Autism Risks from Gene...