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There is concern that endocrine disruptors in the environment could affect humans.
Endocrine disruptors can disturb normal development, causing physical and behavioural abnormalities—including reduced intellectual capacity and social adaptability.
We are taking a leading role in international activities to evaluate the risks of such endocrine disruptors.
One extreme example is of polar bears absorbing endocrine disruptors that are so far away from where they were released into the environment.
Today it is considered a xenoestrogen, and it functions as an endocrine disruptor that interferes with hormones in the body and disrupts the normal functioning of the endocrine system.
It is a suspected endocrine disruptor.
The authors also started a website which continues to monitor and report on endocrine disruptor scientific research.
Dioxin is an endocrine disruptor and may have effects on the children of people who were exposed.
Studies suggest it is an endocrine disruptor, an agent that may alter the natural hormonal system in animals.
