Vol 66, No 3 (2015)
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Polish Society of Endocrinology Position statement on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)

Aleksandra Rutkowska, Dominik Rachoń, Andrzej Milewicz, Marek Ruchała, Marek Bolanowski, Diana Jędrzejuk, Tomasz Bednarczuk, Maria Górska, Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk, Beata Kos- Kudła, Andrzej Lewiński, Wojciech Zgliczyński
DOI: 10.5603/EP.2015.0035
Pubmed: 26136137
Endokrynol Pol 2015;66(3):276-285.

Abstract

With the reference to the position statements of the Endocrine Society, the Paediatric Endocrine Society, and the European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology, the Polish Society of Endocrinology points out the adverse health effects caused by endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) commonly used in daily life as components of plastics, food containers, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The statement is based on the alarming data about the increase of the prevalence of many endocrine disorders such as: cryptorchidism, precocious puberty in girls and boys, and hormone-dependent cancers (endometrium, breast, prostate). In our opinion, it is of human benefit to conduct epidemiological studies that will enable the estimation of the risk factors of exposure to EDCs and the probability of endocrine disorders. Increasing consumerism and the industrial boom has led to severe pollution of the environment with a corresponding negative impact on human health; thus, there is great necessity for the biomonitoring of EDCs in Poland. (Endokrynol Pol 2015; 66 (3): 276–285)