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Increase in cancers and fertility problems may be caused by household chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Press Release Published 10 May 2012 Last modified 02 Sep 2016

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Chemicals which disrupt the hormone system – also known as 'endocrine disrupting chemicals' (EDCs) – may be a contributing factor behind the significant increases in cancers, diabetes and obesity, falling fertility, and an increased number of neurological development problems in both humans and animals, according to a review of recent scientific literature commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA).