Talk:Xenoestrogen

message: You mean that there are 'intended' side-effects as well?  I was taught in pharmacology that there are no "side-effects", only effects.Pustelnik 00:57, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Unintended side-effect

message: Paragraph 6 states: "A 2005 study by Belcher and coworkers demonstrated that even very low levels of a xenoestrogen, in this case Bisphenol A could affect fetal neural development more than higher levels ..."  Is that because the host organism is unable to detect and therefore resist xenoestrogens below some threshold level? Wavelength 20:55, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The study was not set up to explore environmental exposure. It challenges our assumptions about the relationship between dose and response.Ekem (talk) 00:26, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Detection and resistance 

message: The definition for xenoestrogen given here (particularly "the estrogenic stimulation is an unintended side-effect") excludes chemicals which have pharmacological estrogenic stimulation but which also have unintended side-effects (e.g. diethylstilbestrol). I haven't changed the definition, but I did add a link to DES under "see also". 
I propose "A synthetic compound that mimics the effect of estrogen on the body".
I don't object to "estrogen", but I do object to "xeno".  These substances do not differ in their biological effect from phytoestrogens or other non-steroidal estrogens.  Some are chemically identical to naturally occuring substances, such as the synthetic estrogens in oral contrceptives.Pustelnik 11:36, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ethinyl estradiol, the most common estrogen on oral contraceptives, is not identical to estradiol.Ekem (talk) 00:30, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of xenoestrogen 

message: Many of these are man-made as well, so the introductory sentence is technically incorrect.  One of the most commonly prescribed estrogen, 'conjugated estrogens', also sold under the trade name 'Premarin' might be described as a horse-made estrogen.Pustelnik 01:09, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh pfff, shut up with your PC bull. Yeah, and I object to the term "daughter cells", because cells aren't just female or only in females. Alialiac (talk) 21:52, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Xenoestrogens were not around when Descartes lived; they are a novel product of the chemical industry.Ekem (talk) 01:04, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Pharmacologic estrogens

message: I moved list of references here, because they need a description how they fit here before reinsertion.Mikael Häggström (talk) 14:41, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference dump

message: The article seems to have a bias in excessive coverage of effects on female humans, whereas discussion of the effects of xenoestrogens on males is relegated to fish. In case some people are unaware, estrogens are the class of molecules responsible for development of female sex characteristics in vertebrates, including humans. While increasing rates of intersex individuals in fish is concerning, human health ought to feature more prominently in a general article on a health topic. Now, militant feminists may disagree, but flooding human males with xenoestrogens is a very bad idea.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.53.91.187 (talk) 00:49, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed completely. This article definitely lacks information on the effects of xenoestrogen on the human male population. I was actually kind of surprised it says so little about it, seems to be a big oversight here. I'll see what I can find, and maybe add something on this myself. Alialiac (talk) 21:46, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Precocious puberty focus when effects on males perhaps more important 

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