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Phillips J, Haimbaugh A, Akemann C, Shields J, Wu C, Meyer D, et al.
Toxics . 2022 Feb; 10(2). PMID: 35202241
Triclosan, triclocarban and 4-nonylphenol are all chemicals of emerging concern found in a wide variety of consumer products that have exhibited a wide range of endocrine-disrupting effects and are present...
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Phillips J, Akemann C, Shields J, Wu C, Meyer D, Baker B, et al.
Environ Toxicol Pharmacol . 2021 Jul; 87:103716. PMID: 34311114
Metformin is found in the majority of lakes and streams in the United States, leading to widespread environmental exposure. Results of the present study indicate that extended duration metformin exposure...
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Alla L, Monshi M, Siddiqua Z, Shields J, Alame K, Wahls A, et al.
Chemosphere . 2021 Jan; 271:129442. PMID: 33476875
Anthropogenic surface and ground water contamination by chemicals is a global problem, and there is an urgent need to develop tools to identify and elucidate biological effects. Contaminants of emerging...
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Wu C, Shields J, Akemann C, Meyer D, Connell M, Baker B, et al.
Sci Total Environ . 2020 Nov; 757:143736. PMID: 33243503
Estrone and BPA are two endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that are predicted to be less potent than estrogens such as 17β-estradiol and 17α-ethinylestradiol. Human exposure concentrations to estrone and BPA...
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Zein M, McElmurry S, Kashian D, Savolainen P, Pitts D
Environ Toxicol Chem . 2015 Feb; 34(5):1145-53. PMID: 25655444
Contaminant exposure in aqueous systems typically involves complex chemical mixtures. Given the large number of compounds present in the environment, it is critical to identify hazardous chemical interactions rapidly. The...
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Zein M, McElmurry S, Kashian D, Savolainen P, Pitts D
Environ Toxicol Chem . 2013 Oct; 33(1):144-51. PMID: 24115287
Many emerging contaminants tend to be biologically active at very low concentrations, occur in water as part of complex mixtures, and impact biota in ways that are not detected using...
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Tavakoli-Nezhad M, Pitts D
J Pharmacol Exp Ther . 2004 Nov; 312(3):1280-8. PMID: 15550573
Lead treatment via drinking water for 3 to 6 weeks at 250 ppm was found to significantly decrease the number of spontaneously active dopamine (DA) neurons in both the substantia...
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Lewis M, Pitts D
J Pharmacol Exp Ther . 2004 Apr; 310(2):815-20. PMID: 15111640
The impact of inorganic lead exposure on dopamine (DA) neurotransmission in the basal ganglia was examined. Amphetamine (AMPH)-induced cFOS immunoreactivity (cFOS-IR) in the striatum was determined after a 3-week exposure...
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Guity P, McCabe Jr M, Pitts D, Santini R, Pounds J
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol . 2002 Jan; 178(2):109-16. PMID: 11814331
The level of osteocalcin in serum is lower in lead-intoxicated children than in their normal counterparts. To explain this clinical observation, we investigated the mechanism of action of lead on...