Endocrine disruptors in our food?

Do we know what we eat? We are surrounded today by over 100 000 different chemicals, present in the air, the soil, the water – and in the food we eat. The Cascade network of excellence is studying the ability of certain of these molecules present in our food to disrupt our hormonal system.

Is breast milk safe for the health of your baby? As for you, what about bread, fruit and fish? These questions are more complex than they seem. One of the reasons is that certain compounds present in food may disrupt our endocrine system. These endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are natural and synthetic compounds present in the environment that act by mimicking or interfering with endogenous hormones.(1)

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via Dr Alison Bleaney