Endocrine Disruption

TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors

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CAS # 53469-21-9

Categories*
Household product ingredient
Industrial additive
Plastic/Rubber

Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor

Jansen HT, Cooke PS, Porcelli J, Liu T-C, Hansen LG. 1993. Estrogenic and antiestrogenic actions of PCBs in the female rat: In vitro and in vivo studies. Reprod Toxicol 7(3):237-248.

Vonier PM, Crain DA, McLachlan JA, Guillette LJ Jr., Arnold SF. 1996. Interaction of environmental chemicals with the estrogen and progesterone receptors from the oviduct of the American alligator. Environ Health Perspect 104(12):1318-1322.

*Category References

US National Library of Medicine. Hazardous Substances Data Bank.

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