Environmental health perspectives

01 20 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00793

Early-Life Neighborhood Resources and Later-Life Mental Health

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Justin G. Farmer, Joyce J. Y. Lin, Laura D. Kubzansky et al.

Living in areas with high walkability and park access has been linked to improved mental health, yet most evidence is based on concurrent exposure and outcome measures. This study examined whether childhood exposure to walkability and pa...

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02 20 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00619

Widespread Human Exposure to Liquid Crystal Monomers: Population-Scale Urinary Biomonitoring Reveals Spatial, Demographic, and Environmental Patterns across Several Regions in China

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Xueyu Weng, Yexi Yin, Qingqing Zhu et al.

Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are emerging contaminants released from electronic products and e-waste throughout their life cycle. However, population-level evidence of human internal exposure to fluorinated and nonfluorinated LCMs rema...

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03 20 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00297

Mixture of Plasticizer Chemicals and Child Intelligence: A Weight-of-Evidence and Meta-Analysis-Informed Bayesian Approach in a Cohort with Improved Exposure Assessment

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Vicente Mustieles, Matthieu Rolland, Ainhoa PérEz-Cantero et al.

Early-life exposure to plasticizer chemicals can affect child neurodevelopment. However, accurately characterizing exposure to these short-lived chemicals remains challenging. To address knowledge gaps, we examined the association betwee...

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04 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00195

Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, Metabolic Signatures, and Intellectual Development in Preschoolers: A Birth Cohort Study

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Yun Huang, Ya Xie, Ruizhi Zheng et al.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous pollutants with potential neurodevelopmental toxicity. However, epidemiological evidence on prenatal exposure to PFAS particularly emerging PFAS and PFAS isomers in relation to ch...

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05 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00055

Repeated Exposure to Near-Ambient PM2.5 Decreases Pulmonary Function: Controlled Human Exposure Study

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Jairus C. Pulczinski, Corinna Keeler, Ana G. Rappold et al.

Epidemiologic studies have provided evidence of health effects over cumulative days of PM2.5 exposure in observational settings; however, there have been no controlled exposure studies in humans over consecutive days. To assess the effec...

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06 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00646

Natural Variation in Transplacental Transfer Efficiency Reveals Distinct Transcriptional Network Architectures of PFAS Effects on Birth Weight and Gestational Age

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Sean T. Bresnahan, Hannah E. J. Yong, Maggie G. Drelichman et al.

Distinguishing effects of environmental exposures mediated through maternal pathophysiology from those operating through direct fetal mechanisms remains a central challenge in environmental epidemiology, with implications for understandi...

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07 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00802

Health Benefits Attributable to Decreased Short-Term Sulfur Dioxide Exposure under Clean Air Actions in China: Evidence beyond Fine Particulate Matter

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Jian Lei, Huimeng Liu, Chen Wei et al.

Ambient sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a critical gaseous air pollutant primarily emitted from fossil fuel combustion. Compared with fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the acute health impact of SO2 remained inadequately characterized. This study...

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08 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00927

Contributions of Household Environmental Exposures and Early-Life Factors to Infant Gut Microbiome Development in a Low-Resource Setting in Mozambique

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Rina Das, Courtney Victor, Janet K. Hatt et al.

Household environmental conditions in low-resource settings influence infant gut microbiome development, yet longitudinal evidence from such settings remains limited. We leveraged data from PAASIM, a prospective mother–infant cohort in B...

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09 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00846

Prenatal Environmental Exposure to Phthalates and Their Replacements and Fetal Growth

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Sarahna A. Moyd, Mikyeong Lee, Paige A. Bommarito et al.

Prenatal exposure to phthalates has been associated with several pregnancy and developmental end points, including birthweight, and may be harmful to fetal growth across pregnancy and not only at birth. Therefore, this study investigates...

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10 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1021/ehp.6c00481

Structure-Dependent Neurodevelopmental Toxicity of Priority Liquid Crystal Monomers in Early-Life-Stage Zebrafish

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Huixian Li, Yulin Wang, Yuan Xiao et al.

Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic contaminants released from flat-screen displays and have been detected in human blood, urine, placenta, and breast milk. Recent studies indicate that LCMs can cros...

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