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Environment
New Study Highlights Hazards on Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals
September 28th, 1998
A new report, published by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, examines in detail the possible association between hormone-disrupting substances released in the environment and observed effects in both humans and wildlife. This issue was discussed at Dioxin '98, the international conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 1998 on halogenated organic substances. Persistent organic pollutants have long been indicated to be potential endocrine-disrupting substances (EDSs). The effects of PCB and DDT in various organisms from marine environments, especially in white-tailed sea eagles from the Baltic area, were studied already in the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (1998-09-28)
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