Suspected EDs and Sources of Exposure

Very many substances are suspected of being EDs. These include both naturally occurring and anthropogenic chemicals and some of the most important are listed in Table 2. The main sources of human exposure to EDs are as follows. 

Goldstein and S. Safe, in Halogenated Biphenyls, Naphthalenes, Bihenzodioxins and Related Compounds, ed. R. D. Kimborough and A. A. Jensen, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1989, p. 239. 

Produced by fungi which can contaminate crops. Some, such as zearalenone, are oestrogenic DDT, lindane and beta-HCH are common, persistent environmental pollutants Widespread, persistent environmental pollutants 

Non-ionic surfactants used in detergents, paints, herbicides, pesticides and plastics. Breakdown products, such as nonylphenol and octylphenol, are found in sewage and industrial efffuents Products of combustion of many materials Widely used as plasticisers for PVC. Common environmental pollutants 

A component of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins used to line food cans 

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