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

2017104 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Yves Combarnous · Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements

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.

Topics & Keywords

Insect and Pesticide Research Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Comptes Rendus Biologies

Volume 340, Issue 9-10, pp. 406-409

DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.07.009

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