But some researchers say that endocrinedisruptors are a cause of national rises in breast cancer and drops in sperm counts.
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Our study suggests that first trimester exposure to pesticides that are suspected endocrinedisruptors are associated with CP risk in female offspring.
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Of particular concern to Terry are endocrinedisruptors, which affect human hormones and can have feminising or masculinising effects on humans and wildlife.
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These potentiating phenomena of mycotoxin mixtures highlight the urgent need to incorporate combinatory effects into future risk assessment, especially when endocrinedisruptors are involved.
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The Ministry for the Environment says endocrinedisruptors in waterways, such as oestrogen, are among a range of emerging environmental issues it is monitoring.
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The ministry said assessing exposure to endocrinedisruptors, and hence the health and environmental significance of these chemicals, was a challenging, specialist, and emerging field.
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Endocrinedisruptors are chemicals that can interfere with the hormone system.
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Endocrinedisruptors -chemicals that mimic human sex hormones -are almost certainly to blame.
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Endocrinedisruptors are linked to breast and prostate cancers, infertility and metabolic disorders, among other health concerns.
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Endocrinedisruptors that can affect not only our health but may damage us in ways that go on for generations.
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Endocrinedisruptors have been shown to tweak sperm in other species -and if this turns out to be damaging, starling populations will suffer.