Sentences with phrase «endocrine disrupting chemicals report»
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One report found that the EPA recently determined that the herbicide Roundup, the world's most widely used weed killer, is not an endocrine disrupting chemical that can cause birth defects and other serious reproductive health problems.
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Many of these identified endocrine - disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which include pesticides and substances used in manufacturing a multitude of products, have been reported to interfere with thyroid hormone function, yet public health policy does not fully address the risks to vulnerable populations.
«Although you can not directly know of the source of DEHP in the system, research has reported extremely high levels of DEHP on the day of blood reinfusion compared to the previous day,» said Steven Neese, who studies endocrine disrupting chemicals at the University of Illinois.
The joint International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) publish the first State of the Science Report on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.