Sentences with phrase «on endocrine disruption»

Isobutylparaben and Butylparaben are other known endocrine disruptors, which have been tested by both the CDC and European Commission on Endocrine Disruption.

Commision on endocrine disruption requested by the European Parliament in 1998.

For over a decade, EPA has ignored the vast wealth of information on endocrine disruption from independent academic researchers funded by the United States and other governments in Europe and Asia.

Not exact matches

This residue can cause a multitude of issues, such as eye or skin irritation (which is even more likely on a child's delicate skin), endocrine disruption, and allergic breakouts.

«The Environmental Protection Agency is now working up a screening program for endocrine - disruption research on mallard ducks and one species of quail,» says Millam.

The study, performed in Garfield County, Colo., between July 2010 and October 2011, was done by researchers at The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, a non-profit organization that examines the impact of low - level exposure to chemicals on the environment and human health.

Your skin absorbs much of what you put on it, and there's mounting evidence that ingredients like parabens, phthalates, and synthetic fragrance are causing myriad problems, from endocrine disruption to allergic reactions to chemical sensitivity.

«According to pretty much all the literature there is on these two substitutes, they are hormonally active in ways similar to BPA — similar mechanisms, similar potencies,» said study author Johanna Rochester, a researcher at the Endocrine Disruption Exchange.

Putting endocrine disruption chemicals directly on top of them is a great way to screw up your hormones and suppress immune function.

But more and more science is drawing the connection between certain chemicals we're exposed to on a daily basis and hormone disruption — these chemicals have been aptly named «endocrine disruptors» or «endocrine disrupting chemicals.»

Newer research confirms many of the old findings on these chemicals — endocrine disruption (in adults and babies), thyroid disruption, and increase risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and liver enzyme abnormalities.3 And recently, the Yale School of Medicine found that BPA «causes the loss of connections of brain cells,» which increases the risk for memory problems and even depression.4

Studies on male rats and rabbits have indicated a positive correlation between exposure to one particular phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, and endocrine disruption, resulting in testicular and general reproductive abnormalities.

A study on rabbits found that after exposure to dibutyl phthalate, rabbits exhibited symptoms of endocrine disruption including reduced testicle size, reduced sperm counts and reduced testosterone levels.

This differs from the Environmental Working Group's research on sunscreens, which deems them to have many disturbing ingredients that can contribute to endocrine disruption, allergies, immune - toxicity, organ toxicity, and biochemical changes.

The Endocrine Disruption Exchange has readily available on - line research.

There are also studies that indicate that SLS mimics the effects of certain hormones in the body, causing hormone disruption and making the body produce more oestrogen (a type of estrogen) than necessary — wreaking havoc on the endocrine system.

These chemicals have endocrine disruption effects with clear estrogen - like actions on the developing baby's brain and reproductive organs.

Both are discussed in the context of endocrine disruption as well but the science is not yet definitive on that topic.

BPA is an endocrine disruptor, meaning it mimics the effects of estrogen on the body and has been linked to the growth of tumors in the breast, uterus and prostate, impacts on pregnancy and fertility and disruption of the sexual development of the fetus that can cause cancer later in life.