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- Title
Overview of air pollution and endocrine disorders.
- Authors
Darbre, Philippa D
- Abstract
Over recent years, many environmental pollutant chemicals have been shown to possess the ability to interfere in the functioning of the endocrine system and have been termed endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). These compounds exist in air as volatile or semi-volatile compounds in the gas phase or attached to particulate matter. They include components of plastics (phthalates, bisphenol A), components of consumer goods (parabens, triclosan, alkylphenols, fragrance compounds, organobromine flame retardants, fluorosurfactants), industrial chemicals (polychlorinated biphenyls), products of combustion (polychlorinated dibenzodioxins/furans, polyaromatic hydrocarbons), pesticides, herbicides, and some metals. This review summarizes current knowledge concerning the sources of EDCs in air, measurements of levels of EDCs in air, and the potential for adverse effects of EDCs in air on human endocrine health.
- Subjects
AIR pollution; ENDOCRINE diseases; PARTICULATE matter; ORGANOBROMINE compounds; POLYCHLORINATED biphenyls
- Publication
International Journal of General Medicine, 2018, Vol 11, p191
- ISSN
1178-7074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/IJGM.S102230