Sentences with phrase «other endocrine disrupting chemicals»

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>> Read the complete research study: Endocrine disrupting chemicals and other substances of concern in food contact materials: An updated review of exposure, effect and risk assessment in the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

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.

Scientists have suspected that exposure early in life to BPA and certain other chemicals that disrupt the action of hormones, called endocrine disruptors, may promote obesity in adulthood, but the exact cause is unknown.

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Pilsner and Sites» work will also archive samples for future studies of other potential endocrine disrupting chemicals such as Bisphenol A (BPA).

«I've known about these differences since I was an undergraduate in the 1980s,» Furlow says, citing scientific literature that suggests it is more resistant to endocrine - disrupting chemicals than other rat strains.

«Compared with several other strains that have been studied, the strain that is least sensitive to the most endocrine - disrupting chemicals has been identified, and the EPA is planning to use it in the screening assays,» says Spearow, now a staff toxicologist for the California EPA; he emphasizes that this is his personal opinion, based on previous work conducted at Davis.

«However, available data show that the Sprague Dawley rat strain is least sensitive to the most endocrine - disrupting chemicals relative to other strains that have been studied,» he says.

To date Endocrine Disrupting, Respiratory and Strong Skin Sensitizing chemicals have been identified as possible ELoC requiring further review although eMSCAs and ECHA have indicated that other human health endpoints may be included.

If there are no adverse health effects, there's endocrine interaction but not endocrine disruption, and the substances are not endocrine disrupting chemicals, a label frequently misused by the media and others.

Much of her current research involves human exposure science and reproductive epidemiology studies of endocrine disrupting chemicals, such as flame retardants, phthalates, BPA, and others.

«The evidence for adverse reproductive outcomes (infertility, cancers, malformations) from exposure to endocrine - disrupting chemicals is strong, and there is mounting evidence for effects on other endocrine systems, including thyroid, neuroendocrine, obesity and metabolism, and insulin and glucose homeostasis.»

Those at elevated risk include women exposed to high levels through jobs in the automotive industry, rubber hose manufacturing facilities and nail salons, but as with other endocrine - disrupting chemicals, scientists are concerned that low doses might be harmful, too.

Phthalates and other endocrine - disrupting chemicals may perturb this hormonal balance and disrupt fetal brain development (Zoeller and Crofton 2000).

For years, scientists have sounded the alarm about the potential health risks of Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine - disrupting chemical that has been linked to reproductive problems and other issues in humans.

The culprit is endocrine - disrupting chemicals, which are found in plastics, furniture, flame retardants, cosmetics, receipts, nail polish, hand sanitizer, metal food cans, toys, pesticides, fast food, and countless other items — ordinary items, as you can see, that we handle on a daily basis.

Whether these and other chemicals also have endocrine disrupting effects in humans is not known, but is the subject of much research.