Over the last two decades, the incidence of obesity and associated metabolic syndrome
diseases has risen dramatically, becoming a global health crisis. Increased caloric intake …

Tributyltin (TBT) is a toxic chemical used for various industrial purposes such as slime
control in paper mills, disinfection of circulating industrial cooling waters, antifouling agents …

The environmental obesogen hypothesis proposes that pre-and postnatal exposure to
environmental chemicals contributes to adipogenesis and the development of obesity …

The role of environmental chemicals in obesity has garnered increased attention in
academic and policy spheres, and was recently acknowledged by the Presidential Task …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are compounds that are part of everyday consumer
products and industrial manufacturing processes. EDCs can interfere with the endocrine …

Organotin compounds are industrial chemicals used as biocides, polyvinyl chloride
stabilizers and industrial catalysts for the manufacture of silicone and polyurethane foams …

Organotin compounds have a broad range of applications. While dialkyltin compounds are
used primarily as stabilizers for plastics, trisubstituted organotins are mainly used as …

The presence of organotin compounds, eg, tributyltin (TBT) and triphenyltin (TPhT) including
the di-and monosubstituted breakdown products, was studied in a representative marine …

Organotin compounds such as tributyltin (TBT) have been used worldwide in agriculture and
industry as biocides, heat stabilizers, and chemical catalysts. However, few studies …

A comprehensive review on toxicity of organotin compounds including sources of their
intake and mode of action, and cardiovascular activity of organotin compounds is presented …