Toxicology

Environmental estrogens can cross easily into placenta

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 7th, 2004

According to a study from South Korea, "Environmental chemicals are proposed to possess hormonelike properties, such as mimicking natural hormones, inhibiting the action of hormones, and inducing abnormal gene expression.

"Among environmental chemicals, the alkylphenol products (APs), octylphenol (OP), and nonylphenol (NP) are derived from alkylphenol ethoxylates and have been reported to be environmentally persistent. Thus, in the present study, we examined the effect of two APs, OP, and NP on the expression of Calbindin-D-9k (CaBP-9k) following maternal exposure during late pregnancy in maternal and fetal uteri," wrote E.J. Hong and colleagues, Chungbuk National...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-10-07)

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