Publications by authors named "D Zalko"
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- Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthetic chemical linked to harmful health effects like metabolic and reproductive issues, leading to its classification as toxic in the EU and resulting in bans or restrictions on its use.
- Industries have started using alternatives like bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF), which are also toxic and currently being regulated, while other less-known BPA substitutes are emerging.
- This review highlights the hazards of various BPA alternatives, focusing on their toxicological data related to endocrine disruption, immunotoxicity, and other health risks, with goals to identify knowledge gaps and improve chemical risk assessment methods under the European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) project.
Chlorothalonil (CTN) is a popular fungicide widely used in the world. However, its determination in serum samples is highly challenging, preventing a reliable investigation of human CTN internal exposure. We first investigated CTN's behaviour all along this analytical process on spiked serum samples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIdentification of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) in a regulatory context requires a high level of evidence. However, lines of evidence (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recommended lowering their estimated tolerable daily intake (TDI) for bisphenol A (BPA) 20,000-fold to . BPA is an extensively studied high production volume endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) associated with a vast array of diseases. Prior risk assessments of BPA by EFSA as well as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have relied on industry-funded studies conducted under good laboratory practice protocols (GLP) requiring guideline end points and detailed record keeping, while also claiming to examine (but rejecting) thousands of published findings by academic scientists.
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