TABLE 2.
Environmental chemical obesogens
| General chemicals |
| Maternal smoking (nicotine) |
| Air Pollution (PAHs) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5)] |
| DDT |
| Bisphenols (bisphenol A, S, F, and AF) |
| Phthalates (DEHP, DBP, DISBP, BBzP) |
| Tributyltin and dibutyltin |
| PFAS |
| Flame Retardants, PBDEs, OPFRs |
| PCBs |
| Arsenic |
| Cadmium |
| Some microplastics |
| Non-nutritive sweeteners |
| Aspartame |
| Sucralose |
| Saccharin |
| Agricultural chemicals |
| Chlorpyrifos |
| Diazinon |
| Neonicotinoid pesticides |
| Permethrin |
| Tolyfluanid |
| Food preservatives/additives/emulsifiers |
| Parabens |
| Benzoates |
| Propionic acid |
| CMC |
| MSG |
| DOSS |
| 3-BHA |
| Fructose/high fructose corn syrup |
3-BHA, 3-tertbutyl-hydroxyanisole; BBzP, butyl benzyl phthalate; CMC, Carboxymethylcellulose; DBP, dibutyl phthalate; DEHP, diethyl hexyl phthalate; DISBP, diisobutyl phthalate; DOSS, Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate; MSG, Monosodium glutamate; OPFR, organophosphate flame retardants; PAHS, polyaromatic hydrocarbons; PBDE, polybrominated diphenol ether; PCB, Dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls; PFAS, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances.