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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are found in pretty much every commercial product imaginable — shampoos, soaps, makeup, toothpaste, cleaning products, nonstick coatings, and plastics — and they've been shown in studies to interfere with the body's hormone system, or endocrin
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are found in pretty much every commercial product imaginable — shampoos, soaps, makeup, toothpaste, cleaning products, nonstick coatings, and
plastics — and they've been shown in studies to interfere with the body's hormone
system, or
endocrineendocrine system.
PFOA and its replacements are suspected to belong to a large class of artificial compounds called
endocrine -
disrupting chemicals; these compounds, which include chemicals used in the production of pesticides,
plastics and gasoline, interfere with human reproduction and metabolism and cause cancer, thyroid problems and nervous -
system disorders.