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Assessment of styrene oligomers eluted from polystyrene-made food containers for estrogenic effects in in vitro assays.
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To assess the endocrine disrupting effect of styrene oligomers, one styrene monomer, three styrene dimers and seven styrene trimers, newly isolated from optical isomers, tested concluded that these substances have no estrogenic activity.About:
This article is published in Food and Chemical Toxicology.The article was published on 2001-12-01. It has received 26 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Styrene & Estrogen receptor binding.read more
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Thermoplastic Starch: A Possible Biodegradable Food Packaging Material—A Review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an outline about the research that has been done on TPS during last 15 years as a biodegradable food packaging material, and summarize numerous studies related to interaction of plasticizers and starch for the production of biodesgradable TPS food packaging materials.
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Styrene dimers and trimers affect reproduction of daphnid (Ceriodaphnia dubia).
TL;DR: The endocrine disruptor activity of styrene in humans and other vertebrates appears to be negligible, but offspring numbers were reduced in Ceriodaphnia dubia bred in polystyrene cups, suggesting that styrenes have the potential to impair crustacean populations in the aquatic environment.
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Updated evaluation of the migration of styrene monomer and oligomers from polystyrene food contact materials to foods and food simulants
TL;DR: The results presented here indicate that styrene monomers concentrations in foods have not significantly changed since the 1980s and monomer concentrations in food packaging quantified in this study were all below USFDA limits.
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Endocrine-disrupting effects of styrene oligomers that migrated from polystyrene containers into food
TL;DR: It is concluded that SM, SD and ST exhibit no apparent estrogenic, androgenic, anti-androgenic and thyroid activity.
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An ecological study of the association of environmental chemicals on breast cancer incidence in Texas.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted an ecological study to examine the association of releases for selected industrial chemicals with breast cancer incidence in Texas and concluded that the role of environment in breast cancer development was investigated.
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The E-SCREEN assay as a tool to identify estrogens: an update on estrogenic environmental pollutants.
Ana M. Soto,Carlos Sonnenschein,Kerrie L. Chung,Mariana F. Fernández,Nicolás Olea,Fátima Olea Serrano +5 more
TL;DR: The aims of the work summarized in this paper were to validate the E-SCREEN assay, to screen a variety of chemicals present in the environment to identify those that may be causing reproductive effects in wildlife and humans, and to assess whether environmental estrogens may act cumulatively.
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Bisphenol-A: an estrogenic substance is released from polycarbonate flasks during autoclaving
TL;DR: The findings raise the possibility that unsuspected estrogenic activity in the form of BPA may have an impact on experiments employing media autoclaved in polycarbonate flasks, and it remains to be determined whether BPA derived from consumer products manufactured from poly carbonate could significantly contribute to the pool of estrogenic substances in the environment.
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p-Nonyl-phenol: an estrogenic xenobiotic released from "modified" polystyrene.
TL;DR: The estrogenic properties of alkylphenols, specifically nonylphenol, indicate that the use of plasticware containing these chemicals in experimental and diagnostic tests may lead to spurious results, and these compounds as well as alkyLphenol polyethoxylates may also be potentially harmful to exposed humans and the environment at large.
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Our Stolen Future
TL;DR: The cause of disruptions in animal breeding cycles, accompanied by increases in birth defects, sexual abnormalities and reproductive failure, is traced to the pervasive presence in the environment of chemicals that mimic hormones and trick the reproductive system.
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The Estrogen Receptor Relative Binding Affinities of 188 Natural and Xenochemicals: Structural Diversity of Ligands
R. Blair,Hong Fang,William S. Branham,Bruce S. Hass,Stacey L. Dial,Carrie L. Moland,Weida Tong,Leming Shi,Roger Perkins,Daniel M. Sheehan +9 more
TL;DR: The current study provides the most structurally diverse ER RBA data set with the widest range of RBA values published to date.