Thursday, March 15, 2012

Opinion: 'There are no safe doses for endocrine disruptors'

Opinion: 'There are no safe doses for endocrine disruptors'
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2012/opinion-endocrine-disruptors-low-level-effects

"As a scientist, I am often asked what "proof" links hormone-altering chemicals to diseases and birth defects. One mother questions whether exposures during her pregnancy caused her child's autism. Another asks whether chemicals in the foods she ate could have caused her son's abnormal genitalia. The underlying question raised by these mothers is provocative: Do small amounts contribute to human health problems? My colleagues and I have concluded in a new report that there truly are no safe doses for hormone-altering chemicals. Academic, regulatory and industry scientists must work together to identify and replace such chemicals that are ubiquitous in everyday consumer products."

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