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- Banned in the U.S. since the early 1970s, synthetic estrogens such as DDT and PCBs continue to poison the environment, partially due to their ongoing use in developing countries and their ability to vaporize and drift across the globe.7
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May 28, 2019 · Banned in the U.S. since the early 1970s, synthetic estrogens such as DDT and PCBs continue to poison the environment, partially due to their ongoing use in developing countries and their ability to vaporize and drift across the globe.7.
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Jul 20, 2021 · Sources of estrogens present in the environment and their simplified pathways leading to the environment (based on [ 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ]). Occurring in the environment, they can lead to many negative consequences for health or the functioning of organisms directly or indirectly related to it.
- Konrad Wojnarowski, Paweł Podobiński, Paulina Cholewińska, Jakub Smoliński, Karolina Dorobisz
- 10.3390/ani11072152
- 2021
- Animals (Basel). 2021 Jul; 11(7): 2152.
Besides the EPA screening program, the United Nations Environment Programme is pursuing a multinational effort to manage "persistent organic pollutants," including DDT and PCBs, which, though banned in the United States, are still used elsewhere and can persist in the environment and be transported long-distance.
May 1, 1997 · Safe argues that the total amount of environmental estrogens that people are exposed to, especially because of their low potency, is inconsequential . He contends that phytoestrogens in our diet far outweigh the estrogenic potency of environmental estrogens.
- David Feldman
- 1997
Feb 1, 2017 · However, the possible release of estrogens to the environment from livestock is much higher. For example, in the United States and European Union, the annual estrogen discharge by livestock, at 83,000 kg/yr., is more than twice the rate of human discharge.
- Muhammad Adeel, Xiaoming Song, Yuanyuan Wang, Dennis Francis, Yuesuo Yang
- 2017
Aug 21, 2018 · There are no regulations restricting the use of phthalates in the United States or in Brazil, but the European Community has banned phthalates. In the roster of phthalates, three esters are considered endocrine disruptors with estrogenic effects: DHEP (diethyl-hexyl phthalate), BBP (benzyl-butyl phthalate), and DBP (dibutyl phthalate).
Feb 26, 2024 · PFAS are used in hundreds of products including clothing and food packaging, but recent studies show that some PFAS can disrupt hormones such as estrogen and testosterone and impair thyroid hormone functions.
