Erschienen in:
01.12.2015
Preface
verfasst von:
Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis
Erschienen in:
Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
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Ausgabe 4/2015
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Excerpt
The main achievement at present “on Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) effects on human health and disease development, is that it becomes a less controversial issue and that there is “abundant evidence” that even low doses are cause for “significant concern,”. The widespread distribution of environmental chemicals in the atmosphere, on the one hand and the detection of these substances within human body, on the other converge to the concept that humans are continually exposed to a variety of EDCs through multiple sources. After all, a recent “real life” example, Flint, Michigan, shows how contemporary the topic of EDCs contaminations is. The Unites States government declared Flint, Michigan, with its ongoing water contamination crisis through lead-leaching pipes a federal emergency. …