Sentences with phrase «endocrine disrupting chemicals affect»
Not only can endocrine disrupting chemicals affect developing babies later in their lives, but there's some evidence that they can also affect future generations: one study on rats showed that exposure to endocrine disruptors during pregnancy affects the brain two generations later!
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In light of Father's Day, I wanted to share some information on the harmful effects that could be caused by endocrine disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, and how exposure could be negatively affecting the men in our lives.
The American Chemical Society released the results of a study on plastic baby teething products that showed all of them contained endocrine - disrupting chemicals that could affect child development.
A new study led by biologist R. Thomas Zoeller of the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides «the strongest evidence to date» that endocrine disrupting chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) found in flame retardant cloth, paint, adhesives and electrical transformers, can interfere with thyroid hormone action in pregnant women and may travel across the placenta to affect the fetus.
«To truly understand how endocrine - disrupting chemicals may be affecting pregnancies, the findings show we need to study not only hormone levels, but hormone activity at the cellular level.»
«Endocrine - disrupting chemicals alter thyroid hormone activity during pregnancy, affect thyroid hormone activity.»
Konkel was honored at the Society's 99th Annual Meeting & Expo in Orlando, Fla., for her coverage of how exposure to endocrine - disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can affect the development of the placenta, -LSB-...] Read more
BPA is considered an endocrine - disrupting chemical, which means it may act like a hormone in the body and affect the functioning of natural hormones, like estrogen.
«UOG operations release large amounts of reproductive, immunological, and neurological toxicants, carcinogens as well as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) into the environment that may negatively affect human health.»