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According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the endocrine system describes the various components of a person’s body that govern or respond to a person’s hormones.
These include glands found in various locations in a person’s body, the hormones that these glands secrete, and the organs affected by these hormones.
There is mounting evidence that a disruption of this system can have severe consequences for a person’s health.
A person’s endocrine system can be disrupted through exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Researchers have shown that these can intensify or directly cause many conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and some types of cancer.
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