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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
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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 · There are many potential sources of environmental contamination, including sex hormones—especially estrogens. The analyzed literature shows that estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), and synthetic ethinyloestradiol (EE2) are the most significant in terms of environmental impact.
- Konrad Wojnarowski, Paweł Podobiński, Paulina Cholewińska, Jakub Smoliński, Karolina Dorobisz
- 10.3390/ani11072152
- 2021
- Animals (Basel). 2021 Jul; 11(7): 2152.
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.
- Muhammad Adeel, Xiaoming Song, Yuanyuan Wang, Dennis Francis, Yuesuo Yang
- 2017
mental hormones—estrogen, in particular. But the so-called ecoestrogens may be only the most obvious of the chemical mimics in the environment. Obser-vations of the effects of environmental estrogens are paving the way for what will undoubtedly turn out to be a larger phenomenon of environmental signal-ing. We believe that environmental es-
Dec 1, 1999 · Environmental estrogens are a particularly prevalent and potentially harmful source of EDCs that have been linked to feminization of wildlife such as fish 1 and reptiles 2, and the increasing...
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).
