title: The Endocrine Society Centennial: No Longer a Surprise: Estrogenic Chemicals in a Multitude of Places.
abstract: Nowadays, we are bombarded with information on a large number of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. We hear and read about endocrine-disrupting chemicals on blogs, the web, news stories, television specials, advertisements, and of course scientific articles. Reports claim these ubiquitous compounds are responsible for increased rates of cancer, autism, obesity, hypospadias, and infertility, just to name a few. But it was not always this way. In fact, the scientific study of endocrine-disrupting chemicals is relatively new: a recent PubMed search found a total of 6184 hits for the term, 739 articles in 2015 as compared with 4, 20 years ago in 1995.
authors.affiliation: Center for Human Health and the Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7614.
authors.forename: Emilie F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Rissman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052244:Endocrine Disruptors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004704:Endocrinology / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D004967:Estrogens / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D061986:MCF-7 Cells; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D052244:Endocrine Disruptors; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D004967:Estrogens