Pharmaceuticals, Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals, and Antimicrobials

Pharmaceuticals, Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals, and Antimicrobials: A Getting Started Guide

Contaminants of emerging concern, including pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, antimicrobials, and other contaminants that are not yet regulated or well-monitored in many countries, are increasingly found in the environment.

Businesses have a crucial role to play in protecting people and nature. Anchored in research, our Pharmaceuticals, Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals, and Antimicrobials: A Getting Started Guide aims to support your company as it develops a strategy to proactively address contaminants of emerging concern.

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Threats to Human Health

This comprehensive report from the Endocrine Society, co-produced with the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), is an excellent resource for familiarising yourself with endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). It provides a comprehensive introduction to EDCs; explains the impacts of EDCs and the link to endocrine disease; explains the science of EDCs, as well as detailed updates on the state of the science; and explains real world exposures to EDCs and key sources of exposure for humans, with emphasis on exposure to EDCs from four sources: plastics, pesticides, consumer products (including children’s products), and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).