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Recently, there have been news reports about Endochrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) have sprung up, such as this February 2015 Guardian article.

Draft EU criteria could have banned 31 pesticides containing endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). But these were dumped amid fears of a trade backlash stoked by an aggressive US lobby push, access to information documents obtained by Pesticides Action Network (PAN) Europe show. [...]

The result was that legislation planned for 2014 was kicked back until at least 2016, despite estimated health costs of €150bn per year in Europe from endocrine-related illnesses such as IQ loss, obesity and cryptorchidism – a condition affecting the genitals of baby boys.

Do the pesticides cause the health detriments mentioned: IQ loss, obesity and cryptorchidism?

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  • What is incomplete about the links in that report especially the first one? which has a link to this peer reviewed paper http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/11/13/aje.kwu285.abstract# – mmmmmm May 28 '15 at 11:26
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    @Mark: That paper is about sunscreen and fertility. Is it relevant? – Oddthinking May 28 '15 at 12:58

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