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Endocrinology
Environmental estrogens act at very low concentrations
December 23rd, 2004
Scientists have discovered that even extremely small amounts of environmental estrogens - chemical compounds found in pesticides, plastics, and detergents, as well as phytoestrogens from sunflower seeds, soybeans, and alfalfa sprouts - can cause major changes in endocrine cells, possibly leading to disruption of vital chemical messenger systems in humans and animals. Researchers have become increasingly concerned about environmental estrogens over the last 10 years in the face of evidence linking the chemicals to everything from deformed sexual organs in alligators to damaged fish and human sperm to increased proliferation of breast cancer cells. But lab experiments...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-12-23)
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