Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds in Urban and Rural Watersheds

contributed by Leco | 06/24/2013

Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) encompass a variety of chemical classes, including drugs, pesticides, polymer additives, coatings materials, personal consumer products, industrial by-products, and pollutants. There is worldwide concern over long-term environmental exposure to EDCs leading to serious health effects, including a range of reproductive problems such as reduced fertility, male and female reproductive abnormalities, skewed male/female sex ratios, brain and behavior problems, impaired immune functions, and various cancers.

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