Endocrine Disruptor Compounds (EDCs) and agriculture: The case of pesticides

Yves Combarnous

doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2017.07.009

Endocrine Disruptor Compounds (EDCs) and agriculture: The case of pesticides

C R Biol. 2017 Sep-Oct;340(9-10):406-409. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.07.009. Epub 2017 Aug 18.

Author

Yves Combarnous¹

Affiliation

¹ INRA, CNRS, université de Tours, UMR « Physiologie de la reproduction & des comportements », 37380 Nouzilly, France; Académie d'agriculture de France, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: Yves.Combarnous@inra.fr.

PMID: 28826788
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.07.009

Abstract

A number of pesticides are suspected or proved to act as endocrine disruptor compounds (EDCs). In the present survey of the literature, we try to define the main issues to be considered to classify individual pesticides as EDC or not.

Keywords: Endocrine Disruptor; Hazard; Mechanism; Nuclear receptor; Pesticide; Risk.

MeSH terms

Agriculture
Endocrine Disruptors / toxicity*
Humans
Pesticides / toxicity*

Substances

Endocrine Disruptors
Pesticides