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* Compounds that mimic hormones are considered endocrine disruptors.
* This disrupts the endocrine system
* As a result, hormone levels can be greatly increased or decreased.
*The endocrine system is made up of hormones and glands
*Hormones send messages to our cells.
* These messages are released from glands and travel through the circulatory system to reach other cells.
* EDCs can reach cells this way as well and disrupt our endocrine system.
An organism whose presence or absence indicates certain environmental conditions or traits.
They are very suseptible to the enviroment and can expose certain enviromental conditions.
Some examples are frogs, plants, salmon, and even bears.
*Indicator specis such as frogs have shown the effects of endocrine disruptors such as atrazine.
*For example, male frogs exposed to pesticides with atrazine, an EDC, grew female characteristics.
*They allow us to see the long term effects of EDCs.
*Many of the EDCs they have exposed are linked to diseases such as cancer in the long run.