Background: In 2021, French public authorities initiated the fourth National Environmental Health Plan to prevent environment-related health risks. This plan primarily focuses on the sensitization of health professionals and health care institutions. Endocrine disruptors (EDs) are environmental factors associated with several adverse health effects, such as reproductive disorders, obesity, and cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBisphenols and parabens are endocrine disruptors families widely used in daily life. They are known to be linked to numerous pathologies such as reproductive disorders, obesity, breast cancer, hypertension and asthma. Biomonitoring is an essential tool for assessing population exposure to environmental pollutants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the context of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, hydroxychloroquine has been proposed as a potential agent to treat patients with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Older adults are more susceptible to COVID-19 and some patients may require admission to the intensive care unit, where oral drug administration of solid forms may be compromised in many COVID-19 patients. However, a liquid formulation of hydroxychloroquine is not commercially available.
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