Water and soil pollution as determinant of water and food quality/contamination and its impact on female fertility

Rashtian, Justin; Chavkin, Diana E.; Merhi, Zaher

doi:10.1186/s12958-018-0448-5

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“…A monomeric compound, bisphenol A (BPA) is used to polymerize plastics and can be found in common household items such as toilet paper, water bottles, the lining of tin cans, cash register receipts, dental sealants, and building supplies [53]. With over a million tons of BPA being used in the United States alone, BPA has become ubiquitous in the environment leading to widespread human exposure.…”

Section: Bisphenol a (Bpa)mentioning

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The Link between Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Endometriosis Re-Examined

Freger¹,

Foster²

2021

Endometriosis

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Endometriosis is widely acknowledged to be an estrogen dependent disease or unknown etiology. Recognition that environmental toxicants can bind with and activate the estrogen receptor, dysregulate steroid metabolism and, in some cases, act as anti-androgenic substances (phthalate esters) has led to proposal that exposure to environmental toxicants are associated with increased risk of endometriosis. Since our last review of the subject in 2008, the literature has expanded with several epidemiological and biomonitoring studies suggesting a potential association, whereas others have been unable to demonstrate a link between exposure and enhanced risk. Therefore, we carried out a systematic review and critical appraisal of the literature published over the past decade (2009-2019). The majority of studies found dealt with exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, dioxin-like and non-dioxin-like compounds, bisphenol A and phthalate esters. Several studies suggest a potential association between exposure to environmental toxicants; however, important weaknesses in study design, methodology, and analysis together with many contradictory studies weaken confidence in these associations. Consequently, we conclude that despite a growing literature, evidence for an association between exposure to environmental toxicants and risk of endometriosis remains weak.

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Section: Bisphenol a (Bpa)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Link between Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Endometriosis Re-Examined

Freger¹,

Foster²

2021

Endometriosis

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“…This should have improved our water supply but assessing existing chemicals is inadequate as new chemicals are added each year to those existing. Currently, there is great concern over perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in water (Caron‐Beaudoin, ; Rashtian et al, ; Sunderland et al, ). PFCs are chemicals that have many industrial and consumer product applications as they are highly stable, resistant to degradation and so have been used as coating on textiles, food packaging materials, and as surfactants in several applications (Fromme et al, ; Sunderland et al, ).…”

Section: Water Toxicants and Human Biology: Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modern water: A biocultural approach to water pollution at the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation

Schell

2019

American J Hum Biol

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Objectives: The goal of this article is to review a body of research around water contamination conducted in the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation between 1995 and 2016, place these findings in a biocultural context, and consider implications for a human biology of water. Methods: This review draws on research projects conducted in partnership with the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation living along the St. Lawrence River as well as published research by others on water contamination at Akwesasne. Quantitative and qualitative methods including toxicological and epidemiological methods, surveys, and ethnographic studies are included. Results: Pollution of a river with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contaminated local fish, a major, traditional, food source. Following health advisories to avoid consuming local fish, consumption and PCB levels decreased. PCB levels were negatively associated with health outcomes. In adolescents, higher PCB levels were associated with advanced sexual maturation in females, reduced testosterone in males and reduced thyroxine levels in young adults. Avoiding fish consumption

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“…Environmental chemicals present in water and food could also affect female reproduction. Bisphenol, primarily used in the production of polycarbonate plastics, and phthalate plasticizers, for example, may affect ovarian functions and pregnancy, leading to infertility [18]. Pesticides may also exert a pivotal role in compromising female infertility.…”

Section: Environment-related Infertilitymentioning

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Technologies for the Production of Fertilizable Mammalian Oocytes

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Women affected by ovarian pathologies or with cancer can usually preserve fertility by egg/embryo freezing. When oocyte retrieval is not feasible, the only option available is ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation. The culture of follicles isolated from fresh or cryopreserved ovaries is considered still experimental, although this procedure is considered safer, because the risk of unintentional spreading of cancer cells eventually present in cryopreserved tissue is avoided. Animal and human small follicles can be cultured in vitro, but standardized protocols able to produce in vitro grown oocytes with the same developmental capacity of in vivo grown oocytes are not available yet. In fact, the different sizes of follicles and oocytes, the hormonal differences existing between mono- (e.g., human, goat, cow, and sheep) and poly-ovulatory (rodents and pig) species, and the incomplete identification of the mechanisms regulating the oocyte–follicle and follicle–ovary interrelationships affect the outcome of in vitro culture. From all these attempts, however, new ideas arise, and the goal of assuring the preservation of female reproductive potential appears a more realistic possibility. This review surveys and discusses advances and challenges of these technologies that, starting from a simple attempt, are now approaching the biosynthesis of a functional engineered ovary.

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Water and soil pollution as determinant of water and food quality/contamination and its impact on female fertility

Cited by 57 publications

References 79 publications

The Link between Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Endometriosis Re-Examined

The Link between Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Endometriosis Re-Examined

Modern water: A biocultural approach to water pollution at the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation

Technologies for the Production of Fertilizable Mammalian Oocytes

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