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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
May 1, 1997 · In all of these conditions, the risk is hypothetical, with no data yet proving a causal relationship between environmental estrogens and illness or disease in people. The claim that environmental estrogens are causing a decline in sperm counts has been especially contentious.
- David Feldman
- 1997
Jul 20, 2021 · Invertebrates are one of the groups most vulnerable to environmental estrogens contamination; it is related to the periodic exposure of their juvenile forms, often related to the aquatic environment, or the constant exposure of these organisms to the effects of these compounds.
- Konrad Wojnarowski, Paweł Podobiński, Paulina Cholewińska, Jakub Smoliński, Karolina Dorobisz
- 10.3390/ani11072152
- 2021
- Animals (Basel). 2021 Jul; 11(7): 2152.
Jun 6, 2019 · Today, most countries have banned the use of DDT primarily over ecological concerns (Rogan and Chen, 2005). Although its common trade name is DDT, technical grade DDT typically contains a mixture of several isomers with the largest percentage of the mixture being attributed to p,p′-DDT (Harada et al., 2016).
- Thomas L. Gonzalez, James M. Rae, Justin A. Colacino
- 10.1016/j.tox.2019.03.014
- 2019
- 2019/06/06
Jul 31, 2012 · Now, several new studies are adding to the evidence that estrogen-mimicking pesticides and industrial chemicals may increase women’s risk of uterine and ovarian diseases – helping to solidify a...
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).
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Jan 1, 2013 · A subset of the endocrine disruptors, including synthetic estrogens, natural products, commercial chemicals, industrial compounds, or by-products among which plastics, are known as environmental estrogens or xenoestrogens; they confer estrogenic potential (“estrogenicity”) translated as affinity to the estrogen receptors (ER) (α or β), thus abil...
