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Endocrine Disruptor
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Endocrine Disruptor
A compound that mimics hormones or disrupts hormone regulation—e.g., alkylphenols and phthalates, which are present in pesticides, detergents, cosmetics, plastics


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1652) question this assumption with regard to endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), citing established examples of nonmonotonic responses to hormonally active drugs and experimental evidence of nonmonotonic responses to EDCs to support their argument.
Our findings reinforce the view that environmental exposure to EDCs may explain some of the temporal and between-country differences in incidence of male reproductive disorders.
The researchers believe that some EDCs may affect more than one part of the HPT axis or may even affect more than one endocrine axis.
 
 
 
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