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In a cross-sectional study of 227 e-waste workers and residents in China, urinary halogenated phenols and bisphenols are linked to dyslipidemia, with 3,5-dichlorophenol contributing most.
- Why it matters: The mechanisms connecting e-waste–related halogenated phenol and bisphenol exposure to lipid metabolism are not well defined, limiting risk interpretation and prevention.
- What they did: Urinary levels of 11 halogenated phenols and bisphenols were measured alongside four serum lipid parameters and untargeted serum metabolomics; mediation and hierarchical partitioning quantified metabolite pathways and variance explained.
- The result: Six phenolic compounds and their mixture showed increased odds of dyslipidemia and subtypes, nine metabolites mediated 14.8%-63.7% of associations, and phenolic exposure alone explained 4.28% of lipid-metabolism variance.
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