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    Endocrine disruptors, sometimes also referred to as hormonally active agents, endocrine disrupting chemicals, or endocrine disrupting compounds are chemicals...
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  • franchise Disruptor (video game), is a video game for the Sony PlayStation Disruptor Records, an American record label Endocrine disruptor, chemicals...
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    Research in the 2000s suggested that the herbicide atrazine, an endocrine disruptor, may have a feminizing effect on male frogs causing them to become...
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    Phthalates (category Endocrine disruptors)
    measure endocrine disruptor exposure during fetal development and then decades later diagnosing any health problems. Additionally, endocrine disruptor exposure...
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    occurring. Studies have raised the issue that enzacamene acts as an endocrine disruptor. There is controversy about the estrogenic effects of enzacamene...
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    address the issue of endocrine disruption. Since the passage of the FQPA, the US EPA has developed a two-tiered endocrine disruptor screening program (EDSP)...
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    agonists. Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen, is one such endocrine disruptor and acts as an estrogen agonist. Diethylstilbestrol was used from...
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    Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (category Endocrine disruptors)
    focus on its potential as an endocrine disruptor. DEHP, along with other phthalates, is believed to cause endocrine disruption in males, through its action...
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    alter hormonal pathways in the endocrine system, leading to negative health effects. One of the most common endocrine disruptor is Bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is...
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    Nonylphenol (category Endocrine disruptors)
    to its prevalence in the environment and its potential role as an endocrine disruptor and xenoestrogen, due to its ability to act with estrogen-like activity...
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    only component of plastics which can mimic estrogen and act as an endocrine disruptor. Unfortunately, BPA-free Tritan plastics were later found to leach...
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  • John Peterson Myers. The book chronicles the development of the endocrine disruptor hypothesis by Colborn. Though written for the popular press in narrative...
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    spore growth. Most plastics release estrogenic chemicals that act as endocrine disruptors when heated. The degree of danger posed is controversial. Also, some...
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    2007, the EPA selected glyphosate for further screening through its Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). Selection for this program is based on...
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    Atrazine (category Endocrine disruptors)
    contaminating drinking water in the U.S.: 44  Studies suggest it is an endocrine disruptor, an agent that can alter the natural hormonal system. However, in...
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    research in frogs, concluding that the herbicide atrazine is an endocrine disruptor that demasculinizes male frogs, causing them to display female characteristics...
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  • carbonization) Diethylstilbestrol (obsolete pharmacological estrogen) Endocrine disruptor Environmental exogenous hormones Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals...
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    DDT (category Endocrine disruptors)
    different mechanisms may operate in different species. DDT is an endocrine disruptor. It is considered likely to be a human carcinogen although the majority...
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    Benzophenone (category Endocrine disruptors)
    Year by the American Contact Dermatitis Society. Benzophenone is an endocrine disruptor capable of binding to the pregnane X receptor. "Front Matter". Nomenclature...
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    determination and as a marker of endocrine disruptor exposure. It is regulated by dihydrotestosterone, which can be disrupted by phthalates common in plastics...
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    Endosulfan (category Endocrine disruptors)
    its acute toxicity, potential for bioaccumulation, and role as an endocrine disruptor. Because of its threats to human health and the environment, a global...
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  • which allows prediction of toxic action based on these properties. endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and carcinogens are examples of classes of toxicants...
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    Initiative of Canada, the U.S. EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee, and the EPA Endocrine Disruption Methods and Validation Subcommittee...
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    organisms in the environment and increase risk to humans by disruption in the endocrine, reproductive, and respiratory systems. The half-life of pesticides...
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    estrogen receptor, concerns have been raised that it may act as an endocrine disruptor that adversely affects health. The Harvard School of Health, however...
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    Triclosan (category Endocrine disruptors)
    of action.[citation needed] Triclosan has been found to be a weak endocrine disruptor, though the relevance of this to humans is uncertain. The compound...
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    Polychlorinated biphenyl (category Endocrine disruptors)
    and toxic mode of action with dioxins. Other toxic effects such as endocrine disruption (notably blocking of thyroid system functioning) and neurotoxicity...
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    Bisphenol A (category Endocrine disruptors)
    polycarbonates and epoxy resins, it has also been studied as a potential endocrine disruptor Lim CF, Tanski JM (3 August 2007). "Structural Analysis of Bisphenol-A...
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    dose-response relationships. The majority of POPs are known to disrupt normal functioning of the endocrine system. Low level exposure to POPs during critical developmental...
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    environmental factors in addition to genetics, such as the presence of endocrine disruptors, can affect penis growth. While results vary slightly across reputable...
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