Endocrine disrupting chemicals – is there any larger, more neglected health problem?
- Written by Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
It is a safe assumption that the large majority of people reading this article will have heard little to nothing about the problems of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) or xenoestrogens. There are some 800 chemicals suspected as being capable of interfering with hormone receptors, synthesis, conversion or cell signalling during critical...