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Is our effect on the environment and the environments, in turn, effect on us politics or science?  It is science that is manipulated by politicians for political gain/power.  In this study of male small/large mouth bass in NE America are found to have significant female characteristics  i.e. eggs where testes should exist...where none should exist.  The numbers were as high as 85% in the small mouth base compared to 27% for the large mouth bass.  Is there any wonder we have a low T epidemic in men?  The most likely cause are endocrine disruptors.  It is a concern that the authors did not look for endocrine disruptors in the water at the time of this study of the fish.

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals from 1970 still disrupting hormones today.  Three fold increase in DHEA in 3 year old children via saliva and androstenedione in mothers compared to controls.

Endocrine disruption starts early due to EDC and effects last life long.

11beta-HSD type I and type II are no equally expressed across all tissues.  Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) inhibit both.

Endocrine Disrupting chemicals, xenoestrogens, alter the hormone receptors very early. Increased estrogenic load with the change in ER increase prostate cancer.

Review finds endocrine disruption from Organocholrides, also called persistent organohalogen pollutants. Common POP, would be DDE, DDT... This is a review of several cohorts, but this follows the rest of the literature that these environmental toxicants are endocrine disruptors.

There is growing evidence that some parabens have endocrine disrupting effects.  IN this study, they found that butyl paraben acted as an endocrine disruptor.

Study supports the mechanism behind endocrine disruption of xenoestrogens in the pubertal development of young boys.

Great review article on the endocrine disrupting role of Cadmium.  Cadmium binds to the ER-alpha inducing an estrogen signal.  Cadmium also binds to the androgen receptor as well.  This study proposes a similar activation of ER-alpha and AR by Cadmium.

study identifies 15 Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals that lead to earlier Menopause.  Maybe we should change it to Chemopause.

Cadmium is an endocrine disruptor: binds to estrogen receptors and the androgen receptor. 

Effects of endocrine disruptors on obesity.

BPA as endocrine disruptor and as immune disruptor

endocrine disrupting pthalates disrupt marine animal hormones.  This effect was more prevalent in males than females.

EDCs are proposed to disrupted gut micro biome and thus effect androgen production and autoimmune risk.

Glyphosate, component of Roundup is well known to be an endocrine disruptor.  This rat study describes the mechanism  of disruption of the Sertoli cells resulting in male infertility.  In addition to the disruption of spermatogenesis, Glyphosate was shown to deplete glutathione levels compromising detoxification.  If that is not enough, oxidative damage marker TBARS was elevated.  

good review of current knowledge on endocrine disrupting chemicals, more commonly known as xenoestrogens.

prenatal exposure to chemicals linked to increase risk of breast cancer

Animal study finds that Cadmium is estrogenic.  This study found that not only was Cadmium an endocrine disruptor for the pregnant animals, but was also estrogenic in the mammary glands of the offspring.

deep read on the environment and endocrine disruptors