“We’re all living in a sea of these chemicals, and more is coming out about how they affect the endocrine system, said Marcia Herman-Giddens, the principal investigator of the landmark 1997 study and currently an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. She pointed out that most chemicals in use today were developed after World War II—a timeline that fits the progression of earlier onset of puberty throughout the decades. -from this new article about the newest phase of the ongoing puberty study by the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (BCERP).
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