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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2017 Jan 11;45:34–42. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.11.019

Table 1.

Summary of select environmental HPV toxicants, shown together with how their adverse health concerns have been addressed with in vitro, animal, and human physiological response models. The most common health concerns of interest were those altering reproductive systems, altering developmental systems, inducing cancer, altering neurological systems, and inducing acute toxicity responses. Although there are statistical studies determining potential associations between existing adverse effects and human exposure of toxicants, those were not considered as human physiological response models.

Group Representative Chemical and Its Structure Half-life In vitro or Animal Model Available to Address Adverse Health Concerns? Human Physiological Response Model Available to Address Adverse Health Concerns?
Environmental phenols graphic file with name nihms-843116-t0004.jpg 4-5 hours [78] Reproductive: Y
Developmental: Y
Cancer: Y
Neurological: Y
Acute: Y
*All from [78]
Reproductive: Little
Developmental: N
Cancer: N
Neurological: N
Acute: N
*All from [78]
PBDE graphic file with name nihms-843116-t0005.jpg Average 15 days. Longer half-lives with decreasing bromides (37-91 days) [79] Reproductive: Y [27]
Developmental: Y [27]
Cancer: Y [76]
Neurological: Y [27]
Acute: Y [18]
Reproductive: Y [29,81]
Developmental: N
Cancer: N
Neurological: Y [29,82]
Acute: N
Phthalates graphic file with name nihms-843116-t0006.jpg 12 hours [83] Reproductive: Y [84]
Developmental: Y [35,85]
Cancer: Y [36]
Neurological: N
Acute: Y [36]
Reproductive: N
Developmental: N
Cancer: N
Neurological: N
Acute: N
PFCs graphic file with name nihms-843116-t0007.jpg 3.5 years [37,38] Reproductive: Y [86]
Developmental: Y [86,87]
Cancer: Y [86]
Neurological: Y [88]
Acute: Y [89]
Reproductive: N
Developmental: N
Cancer: N
Neurological: N
Acute: N