Endocrine Disruptors
Worst Chemicals Ever?
When the United Nations comes out with a report calling something a “global health threat,” we should probably be more than a little concerned. And that’s exactly what happened in early 2013 when the World Health Organization and the UN Environment Programme applied the term to a class of chemicals known as endocrine disruptors. The reason: A growing body of research is linking these potent chemicals, which interfere with the endocrine system that regulates your hormones, to global rates of chronic disease and infertility.