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Meanings of endocrine disrupting chemicals in English
Chemicals that can interfere with endocrine or hormonal systems at certain doses.
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Examples for "endocrine disruptor"
Examples for "endocrine disruptor"
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DEHP is an endocrine disruptor and can pose toxic threats to the reproductive system.
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Ibuprofen has been recognized as an environmental endocrine disruptor due to its ability to interfere with prostaglandin synthesis.
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As BPA is qualified as an endocrine disruptor, growing concern is rising for possible harmful effects on human health.
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Tufts University endocrine disruptor researcher Maricel Maffini, who was not involved in the study, reported similar observations from her own lab.
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Background: In vitro and animal data suggest that cadmium, a heavy metal that contaminates some foods and tobacco plants, is an estrogenic endocrine disruptor.
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But some researchers say that endocrine disruptors 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 endocrine disruptors are associated with CP risk in female offspring.
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Of particular concern to Terry are endocrine disruptors, 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 endocrine disruptors are involved.
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The Ministry for the Environment says endocrine disruptors in waterways, such as oestrogen, are among a range of emerging environmental issues it is monitoring.
Usage of endocrine disrupting chemicals in English
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There is lab research suggesting that endocrine disrupting chemicals could contribute to hypospadias.
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Draft EU criteria could have banned 31 pesticides containing endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).
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The molecular targets of estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals have been studied in detail in vertebrates.
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There is considerable concern that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can affect wildlife and humans.
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A general proposal for predicting the joint effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals by examining binding energy models was developed in this study.
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Background: There are concerns that developmental exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals such as phenolic compounds and phthalates could affect child cognitive function.
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Yet scientists believe some endocrine disrupting chemicals can have effects at even lower amounts, particularly in vulnerable populations like infants and pregnant women.
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Sensitivity to potential endocrine disrupting chemicals in the environment varies across species and is influenced by sequence conservation of their nuclear receptor targets.
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) include synthetic compounds that mimic the structure or function of natural hormones.
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals can induce malformations and impairment of reproductive function in experimental animals and may have similar effects in humans.
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