Sentences with phrase «studying endocrine disruption»

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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.

As if studies linking fracking to earthquakes and groundwater contamination were not reason enough to make folks frown upon this practice, a recent investigation carried out by researchers working with the University of Missouri has shown that hydraulic fracturing can also cause endocrine disruptions.

«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.

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.

The World Health Organization has classified it as «probably carcinogenic,» and many other studies clearly link it to an endocrine disruption process that leads to cancer.

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.

Increasing studies are linking chemicals in everyday products to a wide range of serious health problems — from cancer, reproductive harm, and endocrine disruption, to learning disabilities, developmental problems, and infertility.

Even more disturbing is the evidence for endocrine disruption found in the study of premature thelarche in Puerto Rico.21 Soy infant feeding was associated with higher rates of early development in girls — including breast development and pubic hair before the age of eight, sometimes before the age of three.

Studies show that dioxin even in low or trace levels may be linked to abnormal tissue growth in the abdomen and reproductive organs, immune system suppression, hormonal and endocrine system disruption.

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.

A study published in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology showed that the chemicals have been linked to endocrine disruption; parabens compete with estrogen for sites to attach throughout the body, thereby potentially affecting hormonal balance.

For example, scientific studies have shown that certain chemicals can disrupt endocrine function and through this disruption, can result in physical abnormalities, infertility, or cancer (breast, prostate and testicular).