 Environmental Pollutants
"Environmental Pollutants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Substances or energies, for example heat or light, which when introduced into the air, water, or land threaten life or health of individuals or ECOSYSTEMS.
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D004785
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.888.284
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Environmental Pollutants" by people in this website by year, and whether "Environmental Pollutants" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2012 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2023 | 9 | 1 | 10 | | 2024 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2025 | 12 | 1 | 13 | | 2026 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Environmental Pollutants" by people in Profiles.
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Oh J, Van de Water J, O'Connor TG, Scheible K, Starling AP, Dabelea DM, Fichorova RN, Schmidt RJ, Hertz-Picciotto I, Bennett DH. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate ester flame retardants and plasticizers and maternal immune responses in three ECHO cohorts. Environ Res. 2026 Sep 01; 305(Pt 1):124940.
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Yang D, Wang X, Liu J, Gong Y, Nair P, Sun J, Qian X, Cui J, Zeng H, Dong A, Harding RJ, Burgess-Brown N, Beyett TS, Song D, Krause HM, Diamond ML, Bolhuis DL, Brown NG, Arrowsmith CH, Edwards AM, Halabelian L, Peng H. High-throughput protein target mapping enables accelerated bioactivity discovery for ToxCast and PFAS compounds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jun 23; 123(25):e2515940123.
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Ames JL, Ferrara A, Feng J, Alexeeff S, Avalos LA, Barrett ES, Bastain TM, Bennett DH, Buckley JP, Carignan CC, Cintora P, Ghassabian A, Hedderson MM, Hernandez-Castro I, Kannan K, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Kuiper JR, Liang D, Lyall K, McEvoy CT, Morello-Frosch R, O'Connor TG, Oh J, Peterson AK, Quiros-Alcala L, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz S, Schmidt RJ, Starling AP, Woodruff TJ, Volk HE, Zhu Y, Croen LA. Exposure to Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardants and Plasticizers during Pregnancy and Autism-Related Outcomes in the ECHO Cohort. Environ Health Perspect. 2026 Aug 04; 134(4):423-437.
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Winkles JF, Santoro N, El Khoudary SR, deSouza P, Matuk J, Crawford S, Colvin A, Sammel M, Park SK. Associations between pollutants, the regularity of daily sex hormone patterns, and hormone profiles over a complete menstrual cycle. Reprod Toxicol. 2026 Aug; 143:109247.
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Starling AP, Li X, Ames JL, Barrett ES, Bastain TM, Buss C, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Ferrara A, Hedderson MM, Herbstman J, Kannan K, Karagas M, O'Connor TG, Oh J, Peterson AK, Romano ME, Sathyanarayana S, Schmidt RJ, Simhan HN, Strakovsky RS, Trasande L, Wadhwa PD, Zhao Q, Bennett DH, Buckley JP. Gestational exposure to organophosphate ester flame retardants and child growth in weight, height, and body mass index at age 2-10 years: the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program. Environ Res. 2026 Jun 01; 298:124229.
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Park S, McArthur K, Barrett E, Cordero JF, Etzel T, Ghassabian A, Kuiper J, Meeker JD, Nozadi SS, Rennie B, Sprowles J, Starling AP, Zimmerman E, McGrath M, Watkins DJ. Prenatal phthalate exposure and neurodevelopmental delay in early childhood (1 to 3 years): An Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) study. Environ Int. 2026 Feb; 208:110100.
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Kaplan JR, Dabelea D, Calafat AM, Adgate JL, Starling AP. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances serum concentrations during pregnancy and gestational weight gain in the Healthy Start Study. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2026 Mar; 272:114735.
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Liu H, Kress AM, Yu EX, Ning X, Ghassabian A, Kahn LG, Mehta-Lee S, Brubaker S, Alshawabkeh A, Meeker J, Camargo CA, Suglia SF, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Zhu Y, Gern JE, Bendixsen C, Gold DR, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Singh AM, Farzan SF, Niu Z, Hipwell AE, Karagas MR, Mirzakhani H, O'Connor TG, Simhan H, Oken E, Sanderson K, Petriello M, Geiger SD, Carroll KN, Lawrence GN, Dunlop AL, Dabelea D, Norman G, Carignan C, Zhao Q, Trasande L. Racial and ethnic disparities in environmental chemical exposures and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: The ECHO-wide cohort study. Environ Pollut. 2026 Mar 01; 392:127452.
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Dunn F, Sullivan H, Romano M, Chambers CD, Braun JM, Manz KE. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Human Milk: A Systematic Review of Concentrations and Potential Health Implications. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2025 Nov 25; 12(1):48.
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Miller RL, Wang Y, Aalborg J, Alshawabkeh AN, Braun JM, Breton CV, Carignan CC, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Ferrara A, Gao G, Gaylord A, Geiger SD, Gold DR, Abul MH, Hartert TV, Herbstman J, Hoepner LA, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Kelly RS, Khatchikian CE, Liu M, Lyall K, Meeker JD, Morello-Frosch R, O'Connor TG, Oh J, Sathyanarayana S, Sordillo JE, Trasande L, Woodruff TJ. Prenatal exposure to environmental phenolic compounds and their association with childhood atopic dermatitis, asthma, and allergic rhinitis in the ECHO cohort. Environ Int. 2025 Nov; 205:109883.
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