Low-Dose Environmental Exposure Linked to Human Health Issues

While DDT and PCBs have been discontinued, they commonly persist to this day in the environment that we live in due to lengthy rates of breakdown, bioaccumulation within organisms, etc.  It has been a common understanding that the low-dose exposure of certain compounds, such as common pesticides, are relatively harmless to humans.  However, recent studies have shown that many everyday compounds are being linked to disruptions in the endocrine (hormone) system through low-dose environmental exposures.