Abstract Background Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are ubiquitous substances
that are found in our everyday lives, including pesticides, plasticizers, pharmaceutical …

Cosmetics, cosmeceuticals, and variable healthcare products used parabens, among other
excipients, for their preservative and antimicrobial activities. Paraben derivatives exhibit …

Six parabens and their four metabolites were measured in paired maternal serum (MS) and
cord serum (CS) samples collected from 95 pregnant women to elucidate placental transfer …

Tributyltin chloride (TBT) is a xenobiotic used as a biocide in antifouling paints that has been
demonstrated to induce endocrine-disrupting effects, such as obesity and reproductive …

Embryonic exposure to environmental chemicals may result in specific chronic diseases in
adulthood. Parabens, a type of environmental endocrine disruptors widely used in …

Introduction Over the recent years, scientific community has increased its interest on solving
problems of female fertility pathology. Many factors acting separately or in combination affect …

The everyday use of household and personal care products (HPCPs) generates an
enormous amount of chemicals, of which several groups warrant additional attention …

Parabens are commonly used as preservatives and antimicrobial compounds in cosmetic,
pharmaceutical and food industries. Structurally they are similar to estrogen hormone and …

Parabens are endocrine-disrupting chemicals present in a variety of pharmaceutical and
personal care products. Due to their wide-spread use, significant amounts are also released …

Parabens are potential endocrine disruptors with short half-lives in the human body. To date,
few epidemiological studies regarding repeated paraben measurements during pregnancy …