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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

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ARE WOMEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION?

  1. Women and girls are exposed to and use over their lifetimes a preponderance of personal care products including: facial care products, hair care products, other body care products such as soaps, lotions, body washes, etc.
  2. Women and girls are exposed to and use over their lifetimes a preponderance of beauty and cosmetic products including: make-up, lipsticks and glosses, hair-coloring, nail polishes, etc.
  3. Women are exposed to and use over their lifetimes a preponderance of household cleaning products including: detergents, cleaners, air fresheners, dusting products, polishing agents, etc.

PERSONAL CARE, BEAUTY & COSMETIC, AND HOUSEHOLD CLEANING PRODUCTS ARE SOURCES OF RECOGNIZED ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS.

  • PHTHALATE PLASTICIZERS ADDED TO MAKE FRAGRANCES LINGER AND TO MAKE PLASTICS MORE MALLEABLE.
  • PARABEN PRESERVATIVES ADDED AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT TO EXTEND PRODUCT SHELF LIFE.
  • BPA OR BISPHENOL-A WAS CREATED TO MAKE PLASTICS STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT (SHATTER-PROOF), AND AS EPOXY LININGS TO PREVENT METALS FROM REACTING WITH FOOD AND WATER.
  • BLEACH IS A DISINFECTANT OR ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT IN MANY CLEANERS.

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION AND WOMEN’S HEALTH?

  1. Hormone-dependent cancers (Breast & endometrial cancers)
  2. Metabolic Syndrome (Obesity, Type II Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease)
  3. Fecundity (Reduced reproductive potential)
  4. Developmental disorders in children (Language and learning disabilities, ADHD, Autism, Reproductive abnormalities)

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