The peer-reviewed journal Hormones and Behavior, Volume 101, Pages 1-148 (May 2018), raises concern about how many of the 90,000+ chemicals in use today may disrupt our most basic endocrine systems with significant consequences for neurodevelopment, neurophysiology, healthy brain aging, and behavior.
- Gore and colleagues discusses how EDCs affect the development and manifestation of sexual traits, reproductive competence, and sexual behavior.
- Gore and colleagues ask : do EDCs contribute to the rise in ASD ?
- Walley and Roepke addresses behavioral aspects involved in obesogenic actions of EDCs.
- Meakin and colleagues examine EDCs potential long-lasting effects on children’s neurodevelopment.
- Sobolewski and colleagues also focuses on interactions between maternal stress and chemical exposures.
Several articles address bisphenol A :
- Nesan and colleagues focus on the effects of gestational BPA exposure on neural developmental mechanisms and resulting behaviors.
- MacKay and Abizaid highlight the disruptive effects of BPA on growth and development.
- Harris and colleagues examine the potential for behavioral and other effects of BPA to be inherited by subsequent generations.
- Plos ONE analyse changes in the vocalization patterns of the mice pups whose parents were exposed to BPA prenatally.
About PDBEs, triclosan, and other replacement chemicals :
- Braun and colleagues demonstrate that exposure to triclosan can alter thyroid activity in early childhood.
- Heerema and colleagues demonstrate that all species are exposed to EDCs and at risk for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes.
- Vuong and colleagues review behavioral effects of prenatal and postnatal PBDE exposures.
- Høyer and colleagues address prenatal exposure to several replacement chemicals linked to hyperactivity, problem behaviors in children.
Other studies included in this special issue address behavioral effects of voluntary taken pharmaceuticals, including birth control pills, and pain medications.
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