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SUBMITTER: Leppert B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012887 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200211 1
Parabens are preservatives widely used in consumer products including cosmetics and food. Whether low-dose paraben exposure may cause adverse health effects has been discussed controversially in recent years. Here we investigate the effect of prenatal paraben exposure on childhood overweight by combining epidemiological data from a mother-child cohort with experimental approaches. Mothers reporting the use of paraben-containing cosmetic products have elevated urinary paraben concentrations. For ...[more]