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Introduction to Environmental Pollutants and Human Exposure

Published:2023 Issue: Volume: Page:1-14
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Container-title:Environment Impact on Reproductive Health
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Caserta Donatella,Costanzi Flavia,De Marco Maria Paola,Besharat Aris,Ruscito Ilary

Abstract

AbstractThe new millennium started with more public attention dedicated to the close relationship between environmental pollutants and human health. In this introductive chapter, the main pollutants and their effects on the human beings will be analyzed. Environmental contaminants can be divided into three main categories: biological agents, chemical agents, and radiation. Contamination can be found in air, water, food, and soil.The effects of the exposure to various environmental pollutants on humans are numerous and very heterogeneous. In addition to the prominent roles of radiation and biological agents, chemical agents are playing an increasing central role in human health. Specifically, endocrine disruptors (EDs) belong to a category of pollutants, which act individually and synergically, by interfering at different levels of human health and by acting with the pathophysiological mechanisms of the primary diseases, cancerogenesis, and infertility.

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Springer International Publishing

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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-36494-5_1

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