A new EU study reports on a growing body of evidence suggesting that exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), particularly diphenyldichloroethene and phthalates, contribute to the development of the most common reproductive disorders in women, endometriosis and uterine fibroids. The study, “Female Reproductive Disorders, Diseases, and Costs of Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in the European Union“ (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2015-2873), is co-authored by Patricia A. Hunt of the Washington State University’s School of Molecular Biosciences, and Leonardo Trasande, an associate professor at the New York University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. It was published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. “The data shows that protecting women from exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals could substantially reduce rates of disease and lower health care and other social costs of these conditions,” says Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism study corresponding author and NYU Langone Medical Center associate professor of Pediatrics, Environmental Medicine & Population Health, Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP.
Source: Endometriosis News, April 4, 2016
http://endometriosisnews.com/2016/04/04/chemical-exposure-linked-to-1-4…
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