Two Food Additives Have Previously Unrecognized Estrogen-like Effects
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
Scientists in Italy are reporting development and successful use of a fast new method to identify food additives that act as so-called "xenoestrogens" -- substances with estrogen-like effects that are stirring international health concerns. They used the method in a large-scale screening of additives that discovered two additives with previously unrecognized xenoestrogen effects.