Endocrine Disruption in Women: A Cause of PCOS, Early Puberty, or Endometriosis

Abstract

AbstractA growing number of scientific studies have shown, since the last decade, increasing evidence suggesting that the human health and wildlife could be affected by a wide range of substances broadly disseminated in the environment and also found recurrently in a wide array of everyday products. These products were identified as toxicants with various effects on endocrine processes and functions as neoplasm development, reproductive dysfunctions, and immunological and thyroid disorders [1]. These endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which are defined as “an exogenous chemical, or mixture of chemicals, that interferes with any aspect of hormone action” [2], are not rogue pharmaceuticals or rare contaminants.