Phthalates are a huge class of chemicals with a wide spectrum of industrial uses, from the
manufacture of plastics to food contact applications, children's toys, and medical devices …

It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid exposure to man-made endocrine disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) and environmental toxicants. This escalating yet constant exposure is …

Abstract Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is an extensively used plasticizer and has been
shown to cause reproductive dysfunction in humans and model animals. However, the exact …

Phthalates are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. Nevertheless, limited data is
available about the impacts of phthalates on rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The purpose of this …

Great attention has been paid in recent years to the harmful effects of various chemicals that
interfere with our natural hormone balance, collectively known as endocrine-disrupting …

Background A growing body of evidence has found links between endocrine disruptor
phthalates and male reproductive disorders, but the mechanisms underlying these …

Humans are simultaneously and constantly exposed to various lipophilic chain phthalate
acid esters. The association of urinary phthalate metabolites with altered male steroid …

Increasing evidences have revealed a close relationship between various environmental
exposures and reproductive health. The real-world complex exposure scenario along with …

Accumulating evidence indicates that phthalate exposures may affect human semen quality.
Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation might be linked chemical exposure and …

Over the past two decades, public health has focused on the identification of environmental
chemical factors that are able to adversely affect hormonal function, known as endocrine …