ENDOCRINE DISTURBERS AN UNDERESTIMATED PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Authors

  • Iurie Pînzaru National Public Health Agency, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
  • Roman Corețchi National Public Health Agency, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7328572

Keywords:

endocrine disruptors, chemical disruptors, health hazard, chemicals with an effect on the endocrine system

Abstract

Objective. Assessing the impact of endocrine disruptors on public health.

Material and methods. National and international issues and achievements in the field of endocrine disruptors were studied and analyzed by performing an advanced literature search.

Results. According to the data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), worldwide there is an increase in endocrine system diseases, such as the incidence of genital malformations in boys through cryptorchidism and hypospadias, in many countries there are premature births and low birth weight, neurobehavioral disorders associated with thyroid disturbances affecting a large number of children, hormone-dependent cancer (breast, ovarian, testicular, thyroid, endometrial and prostate cancer), as well as the prevalence of obesity and type II diabetes, which has increased dramatically worldwide in recent decades. Currently, this group of substances in the Republic of Moldova is little studied and, in frequent cases underestimated, a fact that includes a major increase in morbidity due to endocrine diseases. The prevalence of endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease cases is constantly increasing, from 2014 to 2021, the prevalence indicator increasing from 200.8 thousand cases to 283.6 thousand cases.

Conclusions. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are a global public health concern. Exposure to endocrine disruptors causes a wide range of health problems, including reproductive, fetal developmental, neurological, immunological, metabolic and cancer disorders. There is an urgent need to develop national strategies on endocrine disruptors based on international best practices.

Published

18-11-2022

Issue

Section

CONFERENCE MATERIALS

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