Endocrine Disrupting Chemical

Exposure to endocrine-disrupting phthalates may reduce women’s fecundability, or odds of becoming pregnancy during a menstrual cycle, according to findings published in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Exposure to a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals may increase the risk for developing thyroid cancer, according to a study published in eBioMedicine.

Exposure to some types of endocrine-disrupting chemicals may lead to alterations in thyroid function for reproductive-aged women, according to a study published in Toxics.

CHICAGO — Using three different statistical models, researchers determined that exposure to individual and a combination of 20 dioxins negatively affects thyroid function, according to a presenter at ENDO 2023.

Women exposed to higher concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances during pregnancy have children with higher BMI z scores and greater risks for overweight or obesity at age 2 to 5 years, according to study data.

SEATTLE — Repeated exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals may negatively affect thyroid function, especially for pregnant women and infants, but more research is needed on the synergistic effects, according to a speaker.

A recent report from the Ecology Center’s Healthy Stuff Lab found a shift away from use of endocrine-disrupting bisphenol chemicals in retailer receipts to non-bisphenol alternatives from 2017 to 2022.

Despite more adults achieving lipid and BP control between 1999 and 2020, the prevalence of obesity has increased among adults with diabetes in the United States during this period, data show.

Among midlife women participating in a large longitudinal study, certain phthalate metabolites were associated with higher diabetes incidence over 6 years — but only among white women, according to data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Increased phthalate metabolite concentrations may contribute to obesity, glucose impairment and dislipidemia among women with polycystic ovary syndrome, according to study findings published in Clinica Chimica Acta.