Editorial: Risk of Dietary Hazardous Substances and Impact on Human Microbiota: Possible Role in Several Dysbiosis Phenotypes.

Abstract

The cumulative dietary exposure to hazardous substances such as endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDC) that are present in common and processed food is continuously increasing (Gálvez-Ontiveros et al., 2021). Prolonged exposure to EDC seems to affect human health by triggering obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and even infertility (Baker et al., 2017). Unfortunately, there is still a lack of knowledge on specific biomarkers necessary to better understand the mechanisms associated to specific EDC-related pathogenesis. The impact of EDC has been traditionally investigated through biomonitoring and epidemiological studies. However, analytical determinations of EDC in biological samples failed to provide consistent results.