hormone-like

Most agree that several forces are at work, from obesity to hormone-like environmental chemicals.

Girls hit puberty earlier than ever, and doctors aren't sure why 2011

The government should heed data on the ability of these hormone-like chemicals to have significant effects even at "low-dose" or minute levels of exposure, in addition to the more conventional assumption in toxicology that looks only at high-level effects.

David Wallinga, M.D.: Greater Action Urged On Hormone-Busting Chemicals M.D. David Wallinga 2011

The government should heed data on the ability of these hormone-like chemicals to have significant effects even at "low-dose" or minute levels of exposure, in addition to the more conventional assumption in toxicology that looks only at high-level effects.

David Wallinga, M.D.: Greater Action Urged On Hormone-Busting Chemicals M.D. David Wallinga 2011

Most agree that several forces are at work, from obesity to hormone-like environmental chemicals.

Girls hit puberty earlier than ever, and doctors aren't sure why 2011

The government should heed data on the ability of these hormone-like chemicals to have significant effects even at "low-dose" or minute levels of exposure, in addition to the more conventional assumption in toxicology that looks only at high-level effects.

David Wallinga, M.D.: Greater Action Urged on Hormone-Busting Chemicals M.D. David Wallinga 2011

Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a hormone-like chemical used in many plastics and lined cans so commonly used by consumers that nearly every American has been exposed.

Bisphenol A: What you need to know 2009

Part Two of the CNN Special, Toxic Childhood, reveals the effect these toxins have on unborn babies such as, at birth, having 200-plus dangerous chemicals in their blood including flame retardants, dioxins, substances in non-stick coatings like Teflon and hormone-like compounds found in plastic; or a lower IQ by age five when exposed to car and truck exhaust in the womb.

Sheila Shayon: CNN Reveals Toxic America 2010

Could the seasonal drop in blood levels of vitamin D-- a hormone-like nutrient produced most abundantly in the body when the skin is exposed to the strong, direct sunlight of summer -- explain the phenomena?

Bill Gottlieb: The Easiest Way to Prevent Colds and Flu Bill Gottlieb 2010

Equol is a hormone-like compound that is formed when bacteria found in the digestive system metabolize another phytoestrogen.

New Study Shows Compounds From Soy Affect Brain and Reproductive Development « Isegoria 2008

Part Two of the CNN Special, Toxic Childhood, reveals the effect these toxins have on unborn babies such as, at birth, having 200-plus dangerous chemicals in their blood including flame retardants, dioxins, substances in non-stick coatings like Teflon and hormone-like compounds found in plastic; or a lower IQ by age five when exposed to car and truck exhaust in the womb.

Sheila Shayon: CNN Reveals Toxic America 2010