Menstrual blood concentrations of parabens and benzophenones and related factors in a sample of Spanish women: An exploratory study.

CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals, to our knowledge for the first time, the widespread presence of several PBs and BzPs in intimate contact with gynecological tissues, although their concentrations in menstrual blood were not correlated with those in peripheral blood from the same women. These results shed light on the information provided by the menstrual blood as a potential matrix for characterizing exposure to PBs and BzPs, whose consequences for women's reproductive health need to be addressed.
PMID: 32062483 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Environmental Research - February 6, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Iribarne-Durán LM, Domingo-Piñar S, Peinado FM, Vela-Soria F, Jiménez-Díaz I, Barranco E, Olea N, Freire C, Artacho-Cordón F, Ocón-Hernández O Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research