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Estrogen mimics, xenoestrogens, falling sperm counts, infertile alligators, rising rates of breast cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer-these are items you may find in today's newspaper headlines. There is great interest in how contaminants in the environment may have an impact on the health of humans, wildlife, and ecosystems by disrupting delicate hormonal balances that control or can affect the development of cancer, reproduction, neurobehavior, and the immune system.
What is the myth and what is the real evidence that chemicals that mimic the effect of certain hormonal messengers can affect our health? What are hormones, how do they work, how can environmental chemicals, including some agrochemicals, act as estrogen mimics? Do we really exist in an environment where we are surrounded by a "sea" of estrogen mimics? What is the evidence that these "endocrine disruptors" can affect our health?
The BCERF resources listed below cover topics related to endocrine disruption.
Endocrine Disruption Resources
Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Vet Box 31, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
Phone: 607.254.2893; Fax: 607.254.4730
Email: breastcancer@cornell.edu
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