Man-made chemicals are hidden health hazards

EDCs — man-made chemicals that interfere with hormone regulation — are all around us. The EU is trying to regulate them, but industry has other ideas, says Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

HORMONES are a key regulator in our bodies: They tell cells to die; they regulate our sexuality; they are essential to our health; dictate our growth and development; our metabolism; our sleep and our moods — and they can cause mayhem in our bodies.

They function normally most of the time, but over the past few decades our bodies are being flooded with man-made chemicals that mimic these very hormones.