huh, i just read an NIEHS report on endocrine disruptors. (this is very much not my field, this question probably exposes that). I wonder why they include phytoestrogens but not corticosteroids. pretty sure corticosteroids fuck up the endocrine system (very badly), just they’re generally administered by doctors, not the environment or in your food.
well i mean NIEHS is the national institute of Environmental health science, so it makes sense why they’d focus on environmental causes rather than MD causes. just, it feels like an intentional oversight.
huh, i just read an NIEHS report on endocrine disruptors. (this is very much not my field, this question probably exposes that). I wonder why they include phytoestrogens but not corticosteroids. pretty sure corticosteroids fuck up the endocrine system (very badly), just they’re generally administered by doctors, not the environment or in your food.
No idea, but if I had to guess, corticosteroids break down so quickly that it’s rare to be exposed to them inadvertedly.
well i mean NIEHS is the national institute of Environmental health science, so it makes sense why they’d focus on environmental causes rather than MD causes. just, it feels like an intentional oversight.