Sentences with phrase «of estrogenic chemicals»

See: Interaction of estrogenic chemicals and phytoestrogens with estrogen receptor β Soy isoflavone genistein has about 4 % of 17β - estradiol's affinity for estrogen receptor α, responsible for estrogen's feminizing effects, and 87 % of its affinity for ERβ, which acts as a tumor suppressor.

«The negative effects of estrogenic chemicals on the developing male include an expanding list of subtle changes to the developing brain, reproductive tract, and testis,» the authors wrote.

At key stages of development, a seemingly infinitesimal dose of an estrogenic chemical such as BPA or phthalates may be life - altering.

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Strong concerns have been voiced from some quarters over its estrogenic properties and the effects of the chemical on the human reproductive system.

Chemicals with estrogenic activity «have been reported to have potential adverse health effects in mammals, including humans, especially in fetal and infant states,» says Dr. George Bittner, a professor of neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin who has served on many National Institutes of Health panels.

Testing showed that «almost all» — more than 95 percent — of the products released estrogenic chemicals, especially when exposed to «stressors» like dishwashers and microwave ovens.

One study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found that plastic products advertised as BPA - free still leached chemicals with estrogenic activity — and some of these chemicals were even more potent than BPA.

BPA is only one of many estrogenic chemicals in our environment.»

Seeking to learn how the chemicals were able to harm future generations, the Washington State researchers examined the DNA of the ones whose mothers were exposed to vinclozolin, an estrogenic fungicide commonly used in the wine industry.

«Estrogenic chemicals found in many common products have been linked to a litany of problems in humans and animals.

Along with all estrogenic chemicals, soy is established as extensively damaging to the reproductive system of both females and males.

Whether you are aware of it or not, you are constantly exposed to estrogenic chemicals known for causing hormonal imbalance, disorders, and death — chemicals that are found in the air you breathe, products you use, food you eat, and water you drink.

That's why the incidence of breast cancer is going up in men when they're exposed to certain estrogenic chemicals on the job, but also there can be epigenetic changes of the aromatase genes that make you more prone to not being able to do a good job of rinsing your hormones especially estrogen out of your breast.

A side benefit of chamomile tea, and another reason that I try to include it in my weekly night tea repertoire is that chamomile tea contains unique phytonutrients that can help fight estrogenic overload from all of the xenoestrogens that we are exposed to from chemicals, pesticides, etc in today's chemical laden world.

A significant number of people are becoming increasingly sensitive to low exposures to 2,4 - D and many other chemicals.16 This increasing sensitivity may be due to a combination effect of simultaneous exposure to estrogenic nonylphenols15 mixed with locally sprayed herbicides, which are also highly estrogenic, and to antiandrogenic wind drift fungicides, 17 as well as to many other airborne chemicals.

You might hear people talking a lot about chemicals in various consumer products such as shampoo, and one of the things these chemicals all have in common is that they are estrogenic.