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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 · The analyzed literature shows that estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), and synthetic ethinyloestradiol (EE2) are the most significant in terms of environmental impact. Potential sources of contamination are, among others, livestock farms, slaughterhouses, and large urban agglomerations.
- Konrad Wojnarowski, Paweł Podobiński, Paulina Cholewińska, Jakub Smoliński, Karolina Dorobisz
- 10.3390/ani11072152
- 2021
- Animals (Basel). 2021 Jul; 11(7): 2152.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) defines an environmental endocrine disruptor — the term the Agency uses for environmental estrogens — as "an exogenous agent that interferes with the synthesis, secretion, transport, binding, action, or elimination of natural hormones in the body that are responsible for the maintenance o...
Jun 6, 2019 · Several studies have determined that metabolites of methoxychlor are ERα agonists and likely provided a basis for its ban when it was denied reregistration by the US EPA in 2004 (Stuchal et al., 2006).
- Thomas L. Gonzalez, James M. Rae, Justin A. Colacino
- 10.1016/j.tox.2019.03.014
- 2019
- 2019/06/06
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 · In this review we explore the environmental fate of estrogens highlighting their release through effluent sources, their uptake, partitioning and physiological effects in the ecological system. We draw attention to the potential risk of intensive modern agriculture and waste disposal systems on estrogen release and their effects on human health.
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Feb 4, 2021 · Bisphenol A, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, polychlorinated biphenyls and phthalates are major toxicants that interfere with the normal estrogen/androgen pathways leading to infertility in both sexes through many ways, including DNA damage in spermatozoids, altered methylation pattern, histone modifications an...
