Peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last six months are listed here, linked from relevant news stories when appropriate. To learn more on how to best read and interpret the findings from clinical research, see In Brief: Interpreting Research Studies from the Guttmacher Institute.
Benachour N, Aris A. Toxic effects of low doses of Bisphenol-A on human placental cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2009 Dec 15;241(3):322-8.
Braniste V, Jouault A, Gaultier E, et al. Impact of oral bisphenol A at reference doses on intestinal barrier function and sex differences after perinatal exposure in rats. PNAS. 2009 December 14.
Braun J, Yolton K, Dietrich KN et al. Prenatal Bisphenol A Exposure and Early Childhood Behavior. Environ Health Perspect. October 6, 2009.
Bromer JG, Zhou Y, Taylor MB, et al. Bisphenol-A exposure in utero leads to epigenetic alterations in the developmental programming of uterine estrogen response. FASEB. 2010 Feb 24.
Daniels, JL, Pan IJ, Jones R, et al. Individual characteristics associated with PBDE levels in U.S. human milk samples. Environ Health Perspect. Jan 2010:118(1).
Harley KG, Marks AR, Chevrier J, Bradman A, Sjödin A, et al. PBDE Concentrations in Women's Serum and Fecundability. Environ Health Perspect. 2010.
Darrow LA, Klein M, Flanders WD et al. Ambient air pollution and preterm birth: a time-series analysis. Epidemiology. 2009 Sep;20(5):689-98.
Dugas J, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Martinez D, et al. Use of biocides and insect repellents and risk of hypospadias. Occup Environ Med. 2009 Dec 1.
Durmaz E, Özmert EN, Erkekoglu P et al. Plasma Phthalate Levels in Pubertal Gynecomastia. Pediatrics. 2009 December 14.
Green S, Malig B, Windham GC, et al. Residential exposure to traffic and spontaneous abortion. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Dec 18.
Hayes TB, Khoury V, Narayan A, et al. Atrazine induces complete feminization and chemical castration in male African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Mar 1.
Hertz-Picciotto I, Green PG, Delwich L, et al. Blood Mercury Concentrations in CHARGE Study Children with and without Autism. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Oct 19.
Kim BN, Cho SC, Kim Y, et al. Phthalates exposure and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in school-age children. Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Nov 15;66(10):958-63.
Li D, Zhou Z, Qing D, et al. Occupational exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA) and the risk of Self-Reported Male Sexual Dysfunction. Hum Reprod. 10 November 2009.
Mahaffey KR, Clickner RP, and Jeffries RA. Adult Women's Blood Mercury Concentrations Vary Regionally in the United States: Association with Patterns of Fish Consumption (NHANES 1999–2004). Environ Health Perspect. 2009;117:47-53.
Meeker, JD, AM Calafat and R Hauser. Urinary Bisphenol A concentrations in relation to serum thyroid and reproductive hormone levels in men from an infertility clinic. Environ Sci Technol; 2010 Apr; 44(4):1458–63.
Melzer D, Rice NE, Lewis C, et al. Association of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration with Heart Disease: Evidence from NHANES 2003/06. PLoS ONE. 2010: 5(1): e8673.
Midoro-Horiuti T, Tiwari R, Watson CS, Goldblum RM. Maternal bisphenol a exposure promotes the development of experimental asthma in mouse pups. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Feb; 118(2):273-7.
Patisaul HB and Adewale HB. Long-term effects of environmental endocrine disruptors on reproductive physiology and behavior. Front Behav Neurosci. 2009.
Powers Fraites MJ, Cooper RL, Buckalew A et al.Characterization of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to atrazine and metabolites in the female rat. Toxicol Sci. 2009 Nov;112(1):88-99.
Rohr JJ and McCoy KA. A qualitative meta-analysis reveals consistent effects of atrazine on freshwater fish and amphibians. Environ Health Perspect. Dec 2009.
Salian S, Doshi T, and Vanage G. Perinatal exposure of rats to bisphenol A affects the fertility of male offspring. Life Sci. 2009 Nov 18;85(21-22):742-52.
Swan SH, Liu F, Hines M, et al. Prenatal phthalate exposure and reduced masculine play in boys. International Journal of Andrology. 16 Nov 2009.
Terrell ML, Berzen AK, Small CM. A cohort study of the association between secondary sex ratio and parental exposure to polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB). Environ Health. 2009 Aug 15;8:35.
Verhulst SV, Nelen V, Hond ED et al. Intrauterine Exposure to Environmental Pollutants and Body Mass Index during the First 3 Years of Life. Environ Health Perspect. 2009;117(1):122-126.
Whyatt RM, Adibi JJ, Calafat AM, et al. Prenatal Di(2-ethylhexyl)Phthalate Exposure and Length of Gestation Among an Inner-City Cohort. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec; 124(6):e1213-20.
Wu J-P, Luo X-J, Zhang Y, et al. Residues of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in frogs (Rana limnocharis) from a contaminated site, South China: tissue distribution, biomagnification, and maternal transfer. Enviro Sci Technol. 2009; 43(14):5212–5217.
Xing C, Marchetti F, Li G, et al. Benzene exposure near the U.S. permissible limit is associated with sperm aneuploidy. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Feb 16.
Yaginuma-Sakurai K, Murata K, Shimada M et al. Intervention study on cardiac autonomic nervous effects of methylmercury from seafood. Neurotoxicol Teratol . 2009 Sep 2.
