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Impacts of endocrine disruptors on reproductive health in the era of increased personal care and beauty products usage
Bulletin of the National Research Centre, Vol.46(61), pp.1-18
07/03/2022
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Abstract
Background: Endocrine disruptors originate from multiple sources making their health impacts enormously complex. This study systematically synthesizes the sources, exposure, and effects of personal care products on reproductive health.
Main body: The PRISMA and Meta-Analyses frameworks were used to review and present integrated evidence. The literature search was undertaken in PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus. All studies that focused on the sources, exposure pathways, and reproductive health impact of endocrine disruptors were included in the final review. Although the review included articles published from 2000 to 2021, most studies were conducted between the years 2010 and 2020. There was great variability in terms of studies conducted in individual countries, of which 34.4% were published in the USA. The review found that endocrine disruptors abound in the environment and their impact on females and males’ reproduction are profound. Phthalates, Bisphenol A, MXC, and Dioxins were widely studied EDCs as determiner of reproductive health. Crucially, the human body concentration of these EDCs varies between people of diverse backgrounds.
Conclusion: While the bodily concentration of these EDCs is higher, it varies greatly among different groups of people. Respective governments and NGOs should provide the needed funding for research on personal care products and EDCs. Moreover, individual and spatial heterogeneity should be considered in the risk assessment of these chemicals.
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- Title
- Impacts of endocrine disruptors on reproductive health in the era of increased personal care and beauty products usage
- Creators
- Moses Asori - Department of Geography and Rural Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyJulius Odei - Kwame Nkrumah UniversityDaniel Katey - Kwame Nkrumah UniversityTruus Apoanaba Abuosi - Kwame Nkrumah UniversityRazak M. Gyasi - African Population and Health Research Center
- Publication Details
- Bulletin of the National Research Centre, Vol.46(61), pp.1-18
- Publisher
- Springer Open
- Identifiers
- 991013054784302368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article