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A comparison of the structures of the natural estrogen hormone estradiol (left) and one of the nonyl-phenols (right), a xenoestrogen endocrine disruptor. Endocrine disruptors, sometimes also referred to as hormonally active agents, [1] endocrine disrupting chemicals, [2] or endocrine disrupting compounds [3] are chemicals that can interfere with endocrine (or hormonal) systems. [4]
Endocrine disruptors are exogenous substances that act like hormones in the endocrine system and disrupt the physiologic function of endogenous hormones. They are sometimes also referred to as hormonally active agents , endocrine disrupting chemicals , or endocrine disrupting compounds .
The impact of endocrine disruptors lies in the name: They disrupt the endocrine system, which “maintains our general physiology,” Birnbaum tells Fortune. That disruption impacts: Glucose ...
The name given to these exogenous (coming from an external source) hormones is endocrine disruptors, due to their tendency to mimic the behaviors of naturally produced bodily hormones. [15] Endocrine disruptors have also been found to affect the levels and behaviors of a number of other bodily hormones.
“Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in some way affect hormonal communication,” Bloom said. “And hormonal communication is a critical pathway by which our brain communicates with tissues, and ...
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The word xenoestrogen is derived from the Greek words ξένο (xeno, meaning foreign), οἶστρος (estrus, meaning sexual desire) and γόνο (gene, meaning "to generate") and literally means "foreign estrogen". Xenoestrogens are also called "environmental hormones" or "EDC" (Endocrine Disrupting Compounds, or Endocrine disruptor for short).
The 2011 EDC additions were made in consultation with TEDX, the US endocrine-disruption research NGO founded by Professor Theo Colborn, and coincided with EU plans over 2011–2012 to develop accepted criteria for identifying endocrine disrupting chemicals. [6] In October 2014, the list was updated, this time with 28 new chemicals.