Printer-friendly versionA study released this week has found that exposure to some common chemicals known as endocrine disruptors - found in plastic bottles, cleaning products, make-up and pesticides - are associated with early menopause.
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Lead to Earlier Age Of Menopause: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the US Population-Based NHANES Database, was presented this week at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society For Reproductive Medicine.
Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, President-elect of ASRM, noted, “Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are pervasive in our environment and we do not yet know their full impact on human health and reproduction. Studies like this give additional reason to advise patients to take what steps they can to minimize their exposures.”
Learn more the effects of about endocrine-disrupting plastics on women's health in CWHN's recent article, Not a flower shop: Exploring breast cacner risk and gender bias.