Prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and the association with behavioural difficulties in 7-year-old children in the SELMA study
Growing evidence points towards a "mixture effect" where different environmental chemicals might act jointly where individual compounds may be below a level of concern, but the combination may have an effect on human health. We are constantly exposed to a complicated mixture pattern that is individual for every person as this mixture depends on personal choices of lifestyle, diet and housing to name a few. Our study suggests that prenatal exposure to EDCs might adversely affect the behaviour of children and especially girls. Hence, risk assessment needs to improve and sex-specific mechanisms should be included in assessments.
Authors
- Chris Gennings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6058-5907)
- Kiviranta Hannu
- Maria Marinopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3502-825X)
- Marlene Stratmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4852-5650)
- Carl‐Gustaf Bornehag (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0417-1686)
- Christian Lindh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7435-9890)
- Fatih Özel
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Lund University (SE)
- Science for Life Laboratory (SE)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- Karlstad University (SE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-024-00739-x
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.57
Funders
- Karlstads universitet
- European Commission
- Landstinget i Värmland