Dear Colleagues,

Endocrine disruptors (EDs) are environmental chemicals that interfere with the endocrine systems and adversely affect hormone balance or disrupt normal function of organs that hormones regulate or modulate, leading to detrimental effects in reproductive and developmental processes. Humans and animals come into contact with EDs through a variety of routes, including consumption of food and water, through the skin, by inhalation, and by transfer from mother to fetus across the placenta or mother to infant via lactation. Over the past few decades, the regulation of EDs has been debated among scientists, physicians, regulators, and the public. Key elements for the regulation of EDs are in process, and important discussions are ongoing, especially with regard to the establishment of criteria for the identification of endocrine disrupting substances. In this Special issue, recent progress in all aspects of EDs will be proposed for research, guiding the understanding of EDs. The research will give specific ways in which science can be employed for human health.

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a forum to collect most recent progress in all aspects of EDs and their impacts on human health, to discuss possible ways forward, and to increase the level of knowledge and competence. Contributions to both animal models and/or humans, as well as to alternative tools, are encouraged, to shed light on the development of new hypotheses about endocrine disruptors.

Prof. Dr. Eui-Bae Jeung
Guest Editor

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• endocrine disruptors
• environmental chemicals
• hormones
• epigenetics