Endocrine disruptor chemicals and children’s health

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    Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous agents that interfere with normal endocrine physiology by influencing hormone synthesis, metabolism, and/or cellular actions. Epidemiological data suggest that the rise in diabetes, cancer and infertility in the past two to three decades could be attributable, at least in part, to in utero exposure to EDCs, and there is evidence from epidemiological case studies and complementary animaland cell-based models that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, both in utero and during one`s lifetime, can have effects on human health. Knowing the methodological limitations in assessing consolidated . . .

     

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