IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 1229: Potential Health Risk of Endocrine Disruptors in Construction Sector and Plastics Industry: A New Paradigm in Occupational Health

IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 1229: Potential Health Risk of Endocrine Disruptors in Construction Sector and Plastics Industry: A New Paradigm in Occupational Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061229 Authors: Aleksandra Fucic Karen S. Galea Radu Corneliu Duca Mounia El Yamani Nadine Frery Lode Godderis Thórhallur Ingi Halldorsson Ivo Iavicoli Sophie Ndaw Edna Ribeiro Susana Viegas Hanns Moshammer Endocrine disruptors (EDs) belong to large and diverse groups of agents that may cause multiple biological effects associated with, for example, hormone imbalance and infertility, chronic diseases such as diabetes, genome damage and cancer. The health risks related with the exposure to EDs are typically underestimated, less well characterized, and not regulated to the same extent as, for example, carcinogens. The increased production and utilization of identified or suspected EDs in many different technological processes raises new challenges with respect to occupational exposure settings and associated health risks. Due to the specific profile of health risk, occupational exposure to EDs demands a new paradigm in health risk assessment, redefinition of exposure assessment, new effects biomarkers for occupational health surveillance and definition of limit values. The construction and plastics industries are among the strongest economic sectors, employing millions of workers globally. They also use la...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Communication Source Type: research