Exposures of human populations to pesticides and industrial pollutants, and to synthetic
chemicals present in foods, beverages, and plastics, have raised concern that these
substances can interfere with endogenous sex hormone function. Interference with sex
hormone action can, in turn, result in a variety of developmental and reproductive
anomalies. Compounds in this class are thus referred to as endocrine disruptors (EDs). EDs
that affect reproductive processes in vertebrates act primarily by altering oestrogenic and …

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