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What are endocrine-disrupting chemicals? Everything you need to know about endocrine-disrupting chemicals and how to avoid them.
www.ehn.org ^ | 7/26/2023 | Allison Guy

Posted on 07/26/2023 6:55:53 PM PDT by bitt

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, also known as EDCs, are natural or human-made substances that interfere with the healthy functioning of the body’s endocrine system.

The endocrine system is made up of glands throughout the body, along with the hormones that these glands produce and receptors that respond to the hormones. Endocrine glands include the pituitary, thymus, pancreas and adrenals. Hormones act like messengers, traveling through the body to deliver instructions that control biological processes ranging from growth and development to sleep, digestion and childbirth.

Humans have more than 50 hormones. These include estrogen and testosterone, which help to control sexual development, as well as the “feel good” hormones serotonin, endorphins and oxytocin, which regulate mood, along with many other processes.

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals change how the endocrine system works. Some EDCs are chemically similar to our hormones and mimic their effects in the body. Others block the action of hormones, increase or decrease their levels, or affect how the body responds.

Because the endocrine system is extremely sensitive, endocrine disruptors can be hazardous in tiny amounts, such as one part per trillion — the equivalent of one drop of water in 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Some of these substances, such as lead, are so harmful that there is no known level of exposure that is not considered dangerous to some degree.

According to one estimate, there are roughly 1,000 endocrine disrupting chemicals currently in use. However, this number is likely an undercount. There are hundreds of thousands of synthetic chemicals, and only a small percentage have been assessed for their effects on the endocrine system.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chemicals; edcs; endocrine; estrogen; hormones; ibuprofen; testosterone

1 posted on 07/26/2023 6:55:53 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 07/26/2023 6:56:08 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=40%>)
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To: bitt

The best advice is to only drink pure grain alcohol and rain water.


3 posted on 07/26/2023 7:08:26 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: bitt

RED ALERT: Popular Makeup Lines Disrupt Hormones, Cause Major Fertility Issues?

https://wltreport.com/2023/07/26/red-alert-popular-makeup-lines-disrupt-hormones-cause/


4 posted on 07/26/2023 7:09:34 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: bitt
Who controls the food?


5 posted on 07/26/2023 7:11:57 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: bitt

One big source is Receipts.

The paper receipts like you get at the grocery store do not use ink. They use color-changing “thermal” paper coated in an endocrine-disrupting chemical (BPA). It is a loose power easy to get on your hands. It is extra bad if you also use the free alcohol wipes that are usually at the store entry or by the shopping carts, because the alcohol facilitates absorption.

Do not touch these receipts. Ask the clerk to throw them away for you.


6 posted on 07/26/2023 7:20:39 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: EEGator

Purity of Essence
No endocrine disrupters for me, Mandrake.


7 posted on 07/26/2023 7:24:02 PM PDT by dmcnash (Back off! I'm a Scientist.)
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To: dmcnash

You’re wise. Don’t allow women to steal your purity. Deny them your essence…


8 posted on 07/26/2023 7:25:13 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: bitt

You know what’s a huge source of endocrine disruptors? Broccoli. True fact. Don’t fall for this nonsense.


9 posted on 07/26/2023 7:28:37 PM PDT by Cornfed21
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To: All

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I


10 posted on 07/26/2023 7:31:22 PM PDT by BipolarBob (My friend David got his ID stolen, so now he's just Dav.)
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To: bitt
Check out this episode of the Koncrete Podcast:

The #1 Reason Humans Are Suddenly being Born Genderless | Dr. Shanna Swan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJNcV12xJfw

11 posted on 07/26/2023 8:18:41 PM PDT by chud
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To: bitt

EHN or Environmental Health News, is lying to you.


12 posted on 07/26/2023 8:24:53 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: Cornfed21
You know what’s a huge source of endocrine disruptors? Broccoli.

I'm going to need a source for this claim...

13 posted on 07/26/2023 8:37:03 PM PDT by chud
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To: bitt

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14 posted on 07/26/2023 9:09:34 PM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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To: chud

You know what’s a huge source of endocrine disruptors? Broccoli.
I’m going to need a source for this claim...

Im sure there is an “expert” out there that can help there seems to be a lot of these idiots these days, Im sure one or a few of these experts will squeeze in climate change at some point


15 posted on 07/27/2023 3:46:47 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: EEGator

Doesn’t rain water have Strontium 90 in it?


16 posted on 07/27/2023 7:15:08 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: Scrambler Bob

That’s a Communist conspiracy.


17 posted on 07/27/2023 7:17:21 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: bitt

I’m pretty certain that fear is a greater endocrine disruptor than anything experts insist we’re supposed to be afraid of.


18 posted on 07/27/2023 9:55:50 AM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: bitt

One that I learned about the hard way is the black non-stick pans contributing to endocrine disorders. Went back to cast iron, copper, glass and stainless steel.


19 posted on 07/27/2023 1:29:33 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)
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To: Cornfed21

that’s a cruciferous vegetable that can block thyroid hormone but if it’s cook that blockage diminishes or disappears.


20 posted on 07/28/2023 9:24:05 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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