Does prenatal exposure to multiple airborne and tap-water pollutants increase neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations? Data from the Picardy region, France

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OBJECTIVE: Systematic screening for congenital hypothyroidism by heel-stick sampling has revealed unexpected heterogeneity in the geographic distribution of newborn thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations in Picardy, France. We explored a possible relationship with environmental pollutants.

METHODS: Zip code geolocation data from mothers of newborns without congenital hypothyroidism born in 2021 were linked to ecological data for a set of airborne (particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less [PM2.5] or 10 μm or less [PM10]) and tap-water (nitrate and perchlorate ions and atrazine) pollutants. Statistical associations between mean exposure levels during the third trimester of pregnancy and Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations in 6249 newborns (51 % male) were investigated using linear regression models.

RESULTS: Median neonatal TSH concentration (interquartile range, IQR) was 1.7 (1-2.8) mIU/L. An increase of one IQR in prenatal exposure to perchlorate ions (3.6 μg/L), nitrate ions (19.2 mg/L), PM2.5 (3.7 μg/m3) and PM10 (3.4 μg/m3), were associated with increases in TSH concentrations of 2.30 % (95 % CI: 0.95-3.66), 5.84 % (95 % CI: 2.81-8.87), 13.44 % (95 % CI: 9.65-17.28) and 6.26 % (95 % CI: 3.01-9.56), respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Prenatal exposure to perchlorate and nitrate ions in tap water and to airborne PM over the third trimester of pregnancy was significantly associated with increased neonatal TSH concentrations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:905

Enthalten in:

The Science of the total environment - 905(2023) vom: 20. Dez., Seite 167089

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chamot, Sylvain [VerfasserIn]
Al-Salameh, Abdallah [VerfasserIn]
Petit, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Bonneterre, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Cancé, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Decocq, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Boullier, Agnès [VerfasserIn]
Braun, Karine [VerfasserIn]
Desailloud, Rachel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
9002-71-5
Air Pollutants
Air pollution
Endocrine disruption
Environmental Pollutants
Journal Article
Nitrates
Particulate Matter
Perchlorate
Perchlorates
Pesticides
Prenatal exposure
Thyrotropin
VLA4NZX2P4
Water
Water Pollutants

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Date Completed 15.11.2023

Date Revised 15.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167089

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NLM362147701