Are you eating soy without realizing it? Many items are made using the versatile soy bean.

What the effects of EEDs mean for our bodies, our species, our planet. Most recent additions concerning BPA in plastics.

Anti-soy campaign: what information can be trusted? Soy crops cover 72 million acres of American farmland. Much of this harvest will be used to feed chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows and salmon. Another large fraction will be squeezed to produce oil for margarine, shortenings and salad dressings. Do we ever really know how much soy we are ingesting? Many of these products are not listed as including soy.

Related to the estrogen video viewed in class, plastics are feminizing males of mostly all species.

Vanessa- you may not be able to open this from home, but it is the full text version of the link I provided earlier. Soy isoflavones are felt to protect against different cancers, cardiovascular disease, and bone loss, and possibly weight gain.

What is known about phytoestrogens? How does it affect us? What can be done to improve the public knowledge concerning phytoestrogen intake? Do they interact with other nutritional factors?

Abstract describes how phytoestrogens can be estrogen receptor modulators. Recent studies suggest beneficial health effects of soy and recommend increasing the intake of isoflavone-rich soy protein to the level of intake commonly used in Asian countries. Must try to open this article at the library to gain access to the free full version of the article. Vanessa - Once I access the full version I will be better able to tell you whether this is related to the other article concerning cultural differences in soy consumption and its effects on obesity.

An overview of many endocrine disrupting chemicals, useful to anyone looking into the effects of environmental chemicals on organisms. Reference made to a book titled "Hormonal Chaos", by Sheldon Krimsky, describing how industrial and agricultural chemicals contact organisms and disrupt hormone function. Specifics on effects of environmental estrogens and fetal development.

Vanessa - This pertains to both my study and yours. Is lack of soy consumption linked to obesity? Is it worth it to consume soy while pregnant if your child will lose risk of being fat but gain risk of being infertile?

What foods should be avoided during pregnancy to insure fertility of the unborn child? What foods should we not be eating to insure our own health and well-being?

Do you want to know what you are ingesting???

For Charlotte: EEDs do not have to be hormone based, they can just influence the natural functions of hormones. This site is recently developed to help people understand the effects of the BP Oil spill in the Gulf. I hope it is informative.

This is just the index, but the WHO has attempted to pinpoint which hormone compounds are most effective EEDs, and which hormones are most often mimicked. Discusses EED effects on wildlife as well as humans. Criteria for assessment of endocrine disruptors proposed for future studies.