Endocrine disruptors (ED) and human exposure

Increasing cases of malfunctions in the reproductive system, such as espermatic decrease in count and functionality, early puberty in boys and girls, increase of breast, prostate and testicle cancer and malformations associated with hormonal problems raise a sort of generalized concern. Simultaneous...

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Autor principal: Lerda, Daniel Enrique
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Publicado: Trade Science inc. 2009
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RC0254 Neoplasias. Los tumores. Oncología (incluyendo cáncer)
Acceso en línea:http://pa.bibdigital.ucc.edu.ar/1652/1/A_Lerda_Daniel_Enrique.pdf
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Producción Académica Universidad Católica de Córdoba (UCCor) de Universidad Católica de Córdoba
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topic RC0254 Neoplasias. Los tumores. Oncología (incluyendo cáncer)
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Lerda, Daniel Enrique
Endocrine disruptors (ED) and human exposure
topic_facet RC0254 Neoplasias. Los tumores. Oncología (incluyendo cáncer)
description Increasing cases of malfunctions in the reproductive system, such as espermatic decrease in count and functionality, early puberty in boys and girls, increase of breast, prostate and testicle cancer and malformations associated with hormonal problems raise a sort of generalized concern. Simultaneously, cases of alterations in the reproductive function of an increasing amount of animal species can be observed. These are due to the exposure to persistent chemical substances such as pesticides, detergents, dioxins and furans. As a response, in the last decades an intense research activity has been promoted in order to describe these compounds according to their capacity to alter endocrine- reproductive system homeostasis, naming them endocrine disruptors. Among a recognized disruptor compounds, the following can be listed: phytoestrogens, organochlorinated pesticides, alkyl-phenol polyethoxylates, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorophenols, phthalates, artificial estrogens, dioxins, furans and some aromatic polycyclic hidrocarbons, that is to say, compounds that can be found in everyday life. The concern lies in that they can be found in the environment at very low levels and have been proved to have harmful effects on fauna species as well as on laboratory animals at these low levels. The greatest difficulty to determine the effects on human beings is that they are exposed to several ED simultaneously. The main exposure risk lies on the early prenatal and postnatal development, when the organs and the nervous system are transforming and the increasing incidence of neurodegenerative deseases of unknown etiology could be explained by environmental factors of substances which can be promoters, such as some pesticides. This work tries developing better global data, especially in countries outside North America and Europe on status and trends of environmental contamination, exposure, and health outcomes.
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