Chemicals shown to have estrogenic effects

Started by joeblow, September 13, 2009, 09:49:16 PM

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Chemicals shown to have estrogenic effects

    * Alkylphenol
    * atrazine (weedkiller)
    * 4-Methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC) (sunscreen lotions)
    * butylated hydroxyanisole / BHA (food preservative)
    * bisphenol A (monomer for polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resin; antioxidant in plasticizers)
    * dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (one of the breakdown products of DDT)
    * dieldrin (insecticide)
    * DDT (insecticide)
    * endosulfan (insecticide)
    * erythrosine / FD&C Red No. 3
    * ethinylestradiol (combined oral contraceptive pill) (released into the environment as a xenoestrogen)
    * heptachlor (insecticide)
    * lindane / hexachlorocyclohexane (insecticide)
    * metalloestrogens (a class of inorganic xenoestrogens)
    * methoxychlor (insecticide)
    * nonylphenol and derivatives (industrial surfactants; emulsifiers for emulsion polymerization; laboratory detergents; pesticides)
    * pentachlorophenol (general biocide and wood preservative)
    * polychlorinated biphenyls / PCBs (in electrical oils, lubricants, adhesives, paints)
    * parabens (lotions)
    * phenosulfothiazine (a red dye)
    * phthalates (plasticizers)
          o DEHP (plasticizer for PVC)
    * Propyl gallate

See also

    * Diethylstilbestrol (obsolete pharmacological estrogen)
    * Endocrine disruptor
    * Epidemiology and etiology of breast cancer
    * List of breast carcinogenic substances
    * Phytoestrogens
    * SULT2B1
    * Xenobiotic

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I think i got a lil of this shit floatin in my ballsack. Hey Magic The Gathering 23, wanna suck it out? :mrgreen: