Thresholds
for Endocrine Disrupters and Related Uncertainties, Report of the Endocrine Disrupters Expert Advisory Group.
Have to watch out
for Endocrine disrupters in the environment as well.
5 - EU (European Union)- Strategy
for Endocrine Disrupters 2007.
Not exact matches
Hiding in plain sight Kolodziej says that the work casts considerable uncertainty over sampling results
for steroid
endocrine disrupters, and suggests that a survey of their breakdown compounds in the environment is now urgently needed.
It's important
for fragrance to be paraben -, phthalate - and sulfate - free: These ingredients are known
endocrine disrupters often found in our favorite scents.
Developed last year, this relatively new certification
for nonfood items like household products, skin care, cleaners, etc., names a product safe when third - party scientists find that it's free of chemicals thought to harm human health (meaning no carcinogens,
endocrine disrupters, fire retardants, or VOCs allowed).
However, there is a general thesis that because of the potential
for synergistic effects, human exposure to all
endocrine disrupters, such as the soy isoflavones, requires urgent reduction (8).
The list of pesticides that have been shown to be
endocrine disrupters, and which are used in the Bitterroot Valley, includes 2, 4 - D, picloram, benzene, benzoic acid, atrazine, nonylphenols and others.11 Many pesticides have either not been tested
for endocrine disruption, or they have been tested using the CD - 1 mouse species, which have been bred to be genetically more resistant to
endocrine disruption than other mouse strains.
Phthalates and BPA are found in plastics
for various reasons, but are known carcinogens and
endocrine disrupters and should not be ingested.»
The authors say that there needs to be more research into the possible causes
for the decline in semen concentration and percentages of normally formed sperm, and that environmental stresses, including
endocrine disrupters, must be considered.