Endocrine disrupting chemicals can be found in everyday household items, including cosmetics, food packaging, toys, carpet, and pesticides. Moreover, chemicals that act as flame retardants could also be endocrine disruptors. Contact with endocrine disrupting chemicals could occur through...Read more
Endocrine disrupting chemicals may lead to a number of severe adverse health effects, with reproductive problems, such as infertility or the abnormal development of sex organs, being the main outcomes. Moreover, health problems including early puberty, higher risks of cancer, and...Read more
In the freshwaters of Europe, endocrine disrupting chemicals are often found as contaminants. It is said that more than three-quarters of the seas in Europe have these harmful chemicals in their waters, according to a report by the European Environment Agency (EPA), in the year of 2019....Read more
Endocrine disrupting chemicals can have numerous ecological effects on wildlife, including declining population sizes, alteration of the sex ratios, decreased fertility rates, and increased disorders, which all interfere with the normal functioning of hormones in ecosystems. In orcas,...Read more
Research has shown that there are particular groups that may face greater vulnerability to endocrine disrupting chemicals, which has caused widespread concern. Specifically, children who are exposed to endocrine disrupting chemicals during pregnancy or early childhood may have...Read more
Endocrine disrupting chemicals, commonly referred to as “EDCs”, are naturally occurring or human made chemicals that have the potential to mimic, block, and interfere with hormones that are part of the human body endocrine system. These chemicals have been associated...Read more
