2023-04-17 17:48:48
These endocrine disruptors present in plastics have proven health effects, but not yet sufficiently characterized. In a study conducted on mice, exposed males produced insulin-resistant, then glucose-intolerant offspring.
The manufacture of plastics requires many additives to give them specific properties: flexibility, flame resistance, transparency… Phthalates, for example, are present in textiles, toys, perfumes or deodorants, and they pollute our food. , water and even dust particles. However, these endocrine disruptors are mostly classified as “toxic substances for reproduction”, suspected of causing miscarriages, premature births and correlated with childhood obesity, early puberty or thyroid imbalance. But if the exposure of mothers has been analyzed at length, little has been done on that of fathers. It would not be harmless and could even act over several generations, according to work carried out at the University of California on DCHP (dicyclohexyl phthalate), used in polymers and resins.
Scientists fed male mice for four weeks DCHP…
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