Endocrine disruptors

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Endocrine disruptors are substances that disrupt the hormonal functioning of living organisms and can therefore have harmful effects on health and the environment. iStock / Bet_Noire

By: Caroline Paré Follow

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "endocrine disruptors are chemical substances of natural or artificial origin, foreign to the body which can interfere with the functioning of the endocrine system and thus induce harmful effects on this organism or its descendants ”.

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Glyphosates, parabens, bisphenol; these terms are becoming more and more familiar to the general public and the products of our daily life contain many components likely to favor certain cancers, to decrease fertility or to harm the good development of the babies.

How do endocrine disruptors work? What are their effects on the body? How to protect yourself from toxic products? How to limit the chemicals around us?

  • Dr Odile Bagot, specialist in gyneco-obstetrics, former head of hospital clinics and graduate in psychosomatic gynecology. Holds a master's degree in ethics and teaches sexology at the University of Strasbourg. Author of " Endocrine disruptors, war is declared ", Mango editions.
  • Sébastien Denys , Director of the Health, Environment and Work Department (DSET) at Public Health France.
  • Dr Hervé Kouame Micondo, pediatrician, endocrinologist, pediatric nutritionist at the Military Hospital of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

At the end of the program, we talk about the correct use of paracetamol and its dangers in the event of an overdose with Pr Jean-François Bergmann, former head of the department of internal medicine at Lariboisière Hospital, professor of Therapeutics at the University of Paris.

Find more information on the influence during pregnancy and early childhood of environments (chemical, physical, social, emotional, etc.) on the health of parents and that of their child on the Agir pour bébé site.

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