NRDC website describes research suggesting the atrazine is a carcinogen and causes sexual abnormalities in male frogs.
This conservative, industry/government funded site provides very cautious interpretations of scientific findings about endocrine disruption.
Provides information concerning the problem related to PCB hazardous waste incinerator and landfill. Links to resources and research.
Information from the Why Files about the endocrine system, effects of pesticides/PCBs/dioxins on wildlife and people, and prospects for action to resolve this concern.
Part of the OECD Test Guidelines Programme, focused on reaching international agreement on the testing and assessment of chemicals with respect to their endocrine disrupting potential.
These chemical substances persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. From the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Overview of a chapter by B. Rey de Castro from the book Environmental Medicine.
Report evaluating the low dose effects and dose response relationships for endocrine disrupting chemicals in mammalian species that relate to human health.
Discusses dioxins in the food chain.
Discusses human health concerns and public health benefits related to plasticizers, which are chemicals used to soften normally-rigid PVC, or polyvinyl chloride plastics.
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