LIST OF CHEMICALS AND METALS THAT DISRUPT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Reprinted by Zero Waste America Source: Dr. Theo Colborn, Our Stolen Future Chemicals known to disrupt the endocrine system include: DDT and its degradation products DEHP (di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate) Dicofol HCB (hexachlorobenzene) Kelthane Kepone Lindane and other hexachlorocyclohexane congeners Methoxychlor Octachlorostyrene Synthetic pyrethroids Triazine Herbicides EBDC fungicides Certain PCB cogeners 2,3,7,8-TCDD and other dioxins 2,3,7,8-TCDF and other furans Cadmium Lead Mercury Tributyltin and other organo-tin compounds Styrene dimers and trimers Alkyl phenols (non-biodegradable detergents and any oxidents present in modified plystyrene and PVCs)
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