Environmental endocrine disruptors

Abstract

Environmental endocrine disruptors (EEDS) are those endocrine modifying chemicals that are also environmental pollutants. A brief description of known and suspected effects of these chemicals is presented along with a table of chemicals that are of interest for further study by three organisations. The future challenge to environmental chemists will be to develop sensitive, selective, and accurate methods for monitoring EEDs with low levels of false positives and false negatives.