In addition to thyroid disruption, bisphenols could disrupt glucocorticoid receptors, which could interfere with HPA axis signalling and metabolism (MacKay and Abizaid, 2018; Guindre-Parker, 2020), and thereby affect growth and reproduction (Schreck, 2010; Jerez-Cepa et al., 2019). Here, NR3C1 is linked to thyroiditis.