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National Academies warns endocrine active chemicals may be harmful at lower doses than the US currently tests for

A new report from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warns that some endocrine disrupting chemicals could affect human health at lower doses than those used in traditional toxicity testing by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which means that some effects of these substances may be missed.