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The study concluded: "Almost all commercially available plastic products we sampled, independent of the type of resin, product, or retail source, leached chemicals having reliably-detectable EA [endocrine activity], including those advertised as BPA-free. In some cases, BPA-free products released chemicals having more EA than BPA-containing ...
Xenoestrogens are a type of xenohormone that imitates estrogen.They can be either synthetic or natural chemical compounds.Synthetic xenoestrogens include some widely used industrial compounds, such as PCBs, BPA, and phthalates, which have estrogenic effects on a living organism even though they differ chemically from the estrogenic substances produced internally by the endocrine system of any ...
Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interfere with our endocrine systems, which control the body’s hormones—such as insulin, testosterone, and estrogen—and numerous bodily functions ...
In fact, almost all plastic products, including those advertised as BPA-free, have been found to leach endocrine-disrupting chemicals. [86] In a 2011, study it was found that some BPA-free products released more endocrine-active chemicals than the BPA-containing products. [87] [88] Other forms of endocrine disruptors are phytoestrogens (plant ...
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Although research on endocrine disruptors or "obesogens" is still emerging, the public health implications so far have mainly surrounded obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Obesity has become a pandemic, increasing for all population groups. From 1980 to 2008, the rates of obesity have doubled for adults and tripled for children. [47]
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 .
DDT is an endocrine disruptor. [100] [101] It is considered likely to be a human carcinogen although the majority of studies suggest it is not directly genotoxic. [102] [103] [104] DDE acts as a weak androgen receptor antagonist, but not as an estrogen. [105] p,p '-DDT, DDT's main component, has little or no androgenic or estrogenic activity. [106]