Techniques for Assaying Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 316
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2. Non-Governmental Research Organization Biologic, 14 Schitului Str., 032044 Bucharest, Romania
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Dear Colleagues,
For more than half a century, we have known that endocrine-disrupting chemicals act in very small amounts with a detrimental impact on human health.
Hormones regulate the body’s development, growth, reproduction, metabolism, immunity, and behavior. As chemicals mimicking hormones bind to specific receptors, they interfere with the natural hormone systems, resulting in health issues including cancer.
Exposure to endocrine disruptors in the womb or infancy can have life-long effects, such as in the case of Bisphenol A, now banned in infants’ products after long public and legal debates supported by the scientific community via publications on the topic.
Although there is growing worldwide concern regarding the negative health and environmental impacts caused by endocrine disruptors, and specific legislative obligations now aim at phasing out known endocrine disruptors from many industries, some consumer products such as everyday disposables remain insufficiently monitored for such chemicals.
Articles on new or improved methods for identifying and quantifying known or new endocrine disruptors in consumers products, as well as review articles regarding the legislations and status of endocrine disruptors locally or worldwide, will be accepted.
Dr. Sergiu Fendrihan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- endocrine-disrupting chemicals
- EDCs
- consumer products
- disposables
- public health
- public health legislations
- regulations
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