Endocrine Abstracts

The potential health threat posed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals has come to the forefront of environmental health in previous years and nowadays represents a major concern among scientific, regulatory and public communities. Different groups of environmental chemicals appear to have thyroid-disrupting properties. The lifelong exposure to these chemicals raises concerns about their deleterious effects on human health, having in mind that even subtle changes in the individua...

The lifelong exposure to mixtures of endocrine disrupting chemicals raises serious concerns about their deleterious effects on human health. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) had widespread use in numerous industrial applications, and were massively produced for several decades. After the discovery of the adverse effects of PCBs in the 1970s, brominated flame retardants (BFRs) were established as the major chemical flame retardant. Both chemicals persist in the environment and ...

As a ubiquitously present metal, cadmium (Cd) represents a matter of great concern, especially considering its potential thyroid disrupting capacity. The study evaluated the connection between this environmentally relevant metal exposure and thyroid hormone levels. The DecodExpo study enrolled 425 participants (207 males and 218 females) with various disorders (236 participants) and healthy controls (189 participants). Collected blood samples were digested, and Cd levels were ...