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1. nutritionreview.org › 2019 › 05Environmental Estrogens: The Invisible Threat That Surrounds Us

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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.

2. academic.oup.com › endo › articleEditorial: Estrogens from Plastic—Are We Being Exposed?

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   May 1, 1997 · Although there are many substances considered to be environmental estrogens, including pesticides, pollutants, and various chemicals, this paper deals with the estrogenicity of BPA, and I will therefore focus my discussion primarily on the estrogenic substances derived from plastics.

   • Author: David Feldman

   • Publish Year: 1997

3. cales.arizona.edu › limnology › EnvEnvironmental Estrogens - University of Arizona

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   John A. McLachlan holds professorships in phar-macology at Tulane and Xavier Universities. He is also adjunct professor of environmental health sciences at Tulane and director of the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research. He has been studying the mechanism of action ofestro-genic chemicals for over 20 years, having coined the ...

4. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesEndocrine Disruptors Acting on Estrogen and Androgen Pathways ...

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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...

   • Author: Saira Amir, Syed Tahir Abbas Shah, Charalampos Mamoulakis, Anca Oana Docea, Olga-Ioanna Kalantzi, At...
   • DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18041464

   • Publish Year: 2021
   • Published: 2021/02

5. www.endocrine.org › news-and-advocacy › news-roomLatest Science Shows Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in ...

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   Feb 26, 2024 · “A well-established body of scientific research indicates that endocrine-disrupting chemicals that are part of our daily lives are making us more susceptible to reproductive disorders, cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and other serious health conditions,” said the report’s lead author, Andrea C. Gore, PhD, of the University of Texas at Austin.

6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesImplication of Environmental Estrogens on Breast Cancer ...

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   Jun 6, 2019 · The importance of estrogens in breast cancer progression is highlighted by the fact that approximately 70% of all breast tumors express the estrogen receptor and proliferate in the presence of estrogenic hormones ( Dowsett et al., 2010 ). There has been increasing interest and debate as to whether environmental exposure to endocrine disrupting ...

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   Why are synthetic estrogens banned in the United States?

   • 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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   Are environmental estrogens harmful?

   • Concern over environmental estrogens is so great that in 1999 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated a screening and testing program to identify the potential endocrine-system impact of the 87,000 chemicals in commercial use.

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   Are environmental estrogens inconsequential?

   • Safe argues that the total amount of environmental estrogens that people are exposed to, especially because of their low potency, is inconsequential ( 2 ). He contends that phytoestrogens in our diet far outweigh the estrogenic potency of environmental estrogens.

   Editorial: Estrogens from Plastic—Are We Being Exposed?

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   Can environmental estrogens cause cancer?

   • Although there is considerable debate over the extent of harm environmental estrogens cause, much evidence points toward a possible link between environmental estrogens and reproductive diseases and cancer. In 1948, doctors began prescribing the estrogenic Diethylstilbestrol (DES) to prevent miscarriages.

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8. www.nature.com › articles › s41574/023/00872-xThe regulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals to minimize ...

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   Aug 8, 2023 · The societal burden posed by EDCs is substantial, with attributable disease costs of US$ 340 billion per year in the USA (2.3% of GDP), € 163 billion per year in the European Union (EU) and CAD ...