Endocrine Disruptors: A Silent Kill

Endocrine disruptors: A Silent kill

Authors

  • Md Ruhul Amin Bangladesh Medical Research Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Sharfuddin Ahmed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Shah Monir Hossain Directorate General of Health Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Anisur Rahman Department of Ophthalmology, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangaldesh.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bmrcb.v48i3.65201

Keywords:

Endocrine disruptors, environmental, dysfunction, Diabetes

Abstract

Endocrine disruptors are the substances or environmental factors which causes destruction of different endocrine glands.1 Endocrine-disrupting chemicals contribute to several disease and dysfunction, and incur high associated costs of more than 1% of the GDP of European Union.2 As the endocrine glands are formed by soft, delicate and vulnerable cells, they are prone to the easy destructions by different types of noxious substance like dioxin in meat, flame retardants in furniture, electronics and multipurpose use plastics; frequently used pesticides in food water and soil.

Bangladesh Medical Res Counc Bull 2022; 48(3): 172-173

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Published

2023-05-30

How to Cite

Amin, M. R., Ahmed, S., Hossain, S. M., & Rahman, A. (2023). Endocrine Disruptors: A Silent Kill: Endocrine disruptors: A Silent kill. Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin, 48(3), 172–173. https://doi.org/10.3329/bmrcb.v48i3.65201

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 3 (2022)

Section

Editorial

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