Thyroid Function: A Target for Endocrine Disruptors, Air Pollution and
Radiofrequencies

Agostino      Di Ciaula; Leonilde      Bonfrate; Marica      Noviello; Piero      Portincasa
Abstract

Thyroid diseases, including congenital hypothyroidism, thyroiditis, and childhood thyrotoxicosis, are progressively increasing. The incidence of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents has also increased in recent decades, mirroring the trends observed in adults. These epidemiologic trends develop in parallel with the rising costs associated with diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases. Both genetic and environmental factors are involved in these diseases, and a number of widely diffused toxic chemicals of anthropogenic origin can impair thyroid function and make thyroid cancer worse. Synthetic substances persistently contaminate environmental matrices (i.e., air, soil, water) and the food chain and bio-accumulate in humans, starting from in utero life. Environmental toxins such as air pollutants, endocrine disruptors, and high-frequency electromagnetic fields can act on common targets through common pathways, combined mechanisms, and with trans-generational effects, all of which contribute to thyroid damage. Both experimental and epidemiologic observations show that mechanisms of damage include: modulation of synthesis; transportation and metabolism of thyroid hormones; direct interference with hormone receptors: modulation of gene expression; and autoimmunity. We should not underestimate the available evidence linking environmental pollutants with thyroid disease, cancer included, since toxic substances increasingly diffuse and thyroid hormones play a key role in maintaining systemic metabolic homeostasis during body development. Thus, primary prevention measures are urgently needed in particular to protect children, the most exposed and vulnerable subjects.
Keywords: Hypothyroidism, thyroid, endocrine disruptors, pesticides, pollution, electromagnetic fields.
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Thyroid Function: A Target for Endocrine Disruptors, Air Pollution and Radiofrequencies

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