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Open AccessCommentary: Novel strategies and new tools to curtail the health effects of pesticides
Flaws in the science supporting pesticide risk assessment and regulation stand in the way of progress in mitigating the human health impacts of pesticides. Critical problems include the scope of regulatory tes...
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Open AccessMulti-omics phenoty** of the gut-liver axis reveals metabolic perturbations from a low-dose pesticide mixture in rats
Health effects of pesticides are not always accurately detected using the current battery of regulatory toxicity tests. We compared standard histopathology and serum biochemistry measures and multi-omics analy...
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Open AccessLow-dose exposure of glyphosate-based herbicides disrupt the urine metabolome and its interaction with gut microbiota
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) can disrupt the host microbiota and influence human health. In this study, we explored the potential effects of GBHs on urinary metabolites and their interactions with gut mi...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Year-round pesticide contamination of public sites near intensively managed agricultural areas in South Tyrol
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Open AccessYear-round pesticide contamination of public sites near intensively managed agricultural areas in South Tyrol
In a previous study, we found that 45% of public playgrounds near intensively managed agricultural areas were contaminated with mainly endocrine active pesticide residues in spring. Here, we investigated poten...
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Open AccessGene expression profiles for low-dose exposure to diethyl phthalate in rodents and humans: a translational study with implications for breast carcinogenesis
Phthalates are commonly included as ingredients in personal care products such as cosmetics, shampoos and perfumes. Diethyl phthalate (DEP) has been found to be anti-androgenic and linked with adverse reproduc...
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Open AccessHistorical evidence of glyphosate exposure from a US agricultural cohort
In response to the recent review by Gillezeau et al., The evidence of human exposure to glyphosate: A review, Environmental Health 1/19/19, here we report additional glyphosate biomonitoring data from a repositor...
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Open AccessThe Ramazzini Institute 13-week pilot study glyphosate-based herbicides administered at human-equivalent dose to Sprague Dawley rats: effects on development and endocrine system
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are broad-spectrum herbicides that act on the shikimate pathway in bacteria, fungi, and plants. The possible effects of GBHs on human health are the subject of an intense pub...
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Open AccessThe need for independent research on the health effects of glyphosate-based herbicides
Glyphosate, formulated as Roundup, is the world’s most widely used herbicide. Glyphosate is used extensively on genetically modified (GM) food crops designed to tolerate the herbicide, and global use is increa...
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Open AccessThe Ramazzini Institute 13-week study on glyphosate-based herbicides at human-equivalent dose in Sprague Dawley rats: study design and first in-life endpoints evaluation
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are the most widely used pesticides worldwide, and glyphosate is the active ingredient of such herbicides, including the formulation known as Roundup. The massive and increas...
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Open AccessThe Ramazzini Institute 13-week pilot study on glyphosate and Roundup administered at human-equivalent dose to Sprague Dawley rats: effects on the microbiome
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are broad-spectrum herbicides that act on the shikimate pathway in bacteria, fungi, and plants. The possible effects of GBHs on human health are the subject of an intense pub...
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Open AccessDiagnosis, monitoring and prevention of exposure-related non-communicable diseases in the living and working environment: DiMoPEx-project is designed to determine the impacts of environmental exposure on human health
The WHO has ranked environmental hazardous exposures in the living and working environment among the top risk factors for chronic disease mortality. Worldwide, about 40 million people die each year from noncom...
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Open AccessAbstracts from the 3rd Conference on Aneuploidy and Cancer: Clinical and Experimental Aspects
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Open AccessAneuploidy: a common and early evidence-based biomarker for carcinogens and reproductive toxicants
Aneuploidy, defined as structural and numerical aberrations of chromosomes, continues to draw attention as an informative effect biomarker for carcinogens and male reproductive toxicants. It has been well docu...
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Open AccessEffect of postnatal low-dose exposure to environmental chemicals on the gut microbiome in a rodent model
This proof-of-principle study examines whether postnatal, low-dose exposure to environmental chemicals modifies the composition of gut microbiome. Three chemicals that are widely used in personal care products...