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EDC fact sheet

Non-profit research institute “The Endocrine Disruption Exchange” (TEDX) publishes fact sheet on endocrine disrupting chemicals, their potential effects on health, ways to reduce EDC exposure

July 3, 2017   Ksenia Groh

On July 2, 2017 the non-profit research institute “The Endocrine Disruption Exchange” (TEDX) published a fact sheet on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The fact sheet provides a lay summary on the subject of EDCs and their potential effects on health, along with a few recommendations for how to limit EDC exposures.

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TEDX (July 2, 2017). “Understanding endocrine disruption.” (pdf)

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