Endocrine Disruption in Women: A Cause of PCOS, Early Puberty, or Endometriosis

A growing number of scientific studies have shown, since the last decade, increasing evidence suggesting that the human health and wildlife could be affected by a wide range of substances broadly disseminated in the environment and also found recurrently in a wide array of everyday products. These products were identified as toxicants with various effects on endocrine processes and functions as neoplasm development, reproductive dysfunctions, and immunological and thyroid disorders [1]. These endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which are defined as “an exogenous chemical, or mixture of chemicals, that interferes with any aspect of hormone action” [2], are not rogue pharmaceuticals or rare contaminants.