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Personal Care Product Use in Men and Urinary Concentrations of Select Phthalate Metabolites and Parabens: Results from the Environment And Reproductive Health (EARTH) Study
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BACKGROUND: Personal care products (PCPs) are exposure sources to phthalates and parabens; however, their contribution to men's exposure is understudied. OBJECTIVES: We examined the association between PCP use and urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites and parabens in men. METHODS: In a prospective cohort, at multiple study visits, men self-reported their use of 14 PCPs and provided a urine sample (2004-2015, Boston, MA). We measured urinary concentrations of 9 phthalate metabolites and methylparaben, propylparaben, and butylparaben. We estimated the covariate-adjusted percent change in urinary concentrations associated with PCP use using linear mixed and Tobit mixed regressions. We also estimated weights for each PCP in a weighted binary score regression and modeled the resulting composite weighted PCP use. RESULTS: -value<0.01). In contrast, the largest percent increase for parabens was associated with the use of suntan/sunblock lotion (66-156%) and hand/body lotion (79-147%). Increases in MEP and parabens were generally greater with PCP use within 6 h of urine collection. A subset of 10 PCPs that were used within 6 h of urine collection contributed to at least 70% of the weighted score and predicted a 254-1,333% increase in MEP and parabens concentrations. Associations between PCP use and concentrations of the other phthalate metabolites were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: We identified 10 PCPs of relevance and demonstrated that their use within 6 h of urine collection strongly predicted MEP and paraben urinary concentrations. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1374.
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- Authors
- Nassan, F. L., Coull, B. A., Gaskins, A. J., Williams, M. A., Skakkebaek, N. E., Ford, J. B., Ye, X., Calafat, A. M., Braun, J. M., & Hauser, R.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Department of Growth and Reproduction & EDMaRC, Rigshospitalet University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nassan, Feiby L.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2017-08-16
- Volume
- 125
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 087012-087012
- ISSN
- 0091-6765 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-9924
- PMC
- PMC5783668
- OpenAlex
- W2750725786
- Cited by
- 101
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 6.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- Locations
- Environmental Health Perspectives (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nd)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (R01 ES024381, P30ES000002, ES000002, ES009718)
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (ES000002, P30 ES000002)
- National Institutes of Health (ES 000002)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R01 ES024381)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01ES009718, ES000002., ES009718, R01ES024381, P30ES000002, ES024381)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Keywords
- personal care products, phthalate metabolites, parabens, methylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben, urinary biomarkers, endocrine disruptors
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cosmetics, Environmental Exposure, Humans, Male, Parabens, Phthalic Acids, Hazardous Substances
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