Sentences with phrase «potential estrogenic effects»

Studies are first published claiming that, in the laboratory, certain chemicals used to make plastics demonstrate potential estrogenic effects.

While many xenohormones have estrogenic effects, they can also be anti-estrogenic in the sense that they bind to estrogen receptors and in effect block their own potential estrogenic effect.

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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.