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Effect Of Organochlorines On Human Endocrine System, Ratana Sapbamrer
Effect Of Organochlorines On Human Endocrine System, Ratana Sapbamrer
Applied Environmental Research
Organochlorines are classified as persistent organic pollutants and endocrine disrupters. They were widely used for insect control and malaria vector control programs. Although most organochlorines were officially banned in many countries, high levels have been found in ecosystem and food chain. Because organochlorines act as endocrine disrupters and lipid soluble chemicals, it is difficult to excrete these environmental pollutants from the body, and consequently caused adverse effects on endocrine system in wildlife and humans. Epidemiological studies have suggested that exposure to organochlorines in adults linked with an increase incidence of reproductive tract abnormalities, decreased sperm quantities and qualities, and reproductive …