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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are not produced by the human body but influence the way your hormones function, Bloom said. Hormones are essential to many biological processes in the body, such as ...
Personal care products like soaps, shampoos, and lotions are often places where another endocrine disruptor—phthalates—can hide as an added fragrance, so read labels carefully when choosing ...
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals exist in the natural world. However, more commonly, they are found in a wide variety of commercially used products today. Some varieties that researchers ...
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]
Phthalates are under research as a class of possible endocrine disruptors, substances that may interfere with normal hormonal responses in varied environmental conditions. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] The concern has sparked demands to ban or restrict the use of phthalates in baby toys.
Paraben esters, such as butylparaben, have been found to mimic androgen antagonist activity. Antiandrogenic endocrine disruption has been shown in aquatic species, but the mechanism is unknown. Researchers believe parabens have the ability to bind to human androgen receptors but it still remains unclear. [5]
A number of scientific reports show that phthalates are bad. One review study found that they are present in "blood, amniotic fluid, and urine" and that they are endocrine disruptors.
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 ...