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Article: Endocrine disruption: cause for concern, cause for action.
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- Canadian Chemical News
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
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The World Wildlife Fund Canada calls upon governments, industry and the public to act on chemicals considered to be endocrine disruptors.
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are found in air, water, food and living organisms around the world. The weight of existing scientific evidence from laboratory research and research on wildlife and humans provides substantial reason to be concerned about the impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals on the "web of life", including humans and their offspring. Reduced fertility, trans-generational reproductive disorders, cancer of reproductive organs, neuro-motor deficits, behavioural anomalies - these are not new "end points". But ...