Updated List of Estrogenic Substances
Top 10 List of DAILY Estrogenics from "Estrogeneration"
1. Phytoestrogens – the “plant estrogenics” [main exposure = flax, soy, lavender, and cannabis smoke]
2. Mycoestrogen [zearalenone] – the “fungus estrogenic” [main exposure = grains]
3. Atrazine – the “herbicide estrogenic”
4. Triclosan & APEs [alkylphenols] – the “soap estrogenics”
5. BP & 4-MBC [benzophenone & 4-methylbenzylidene camphor] – the “sunscreen estrogenics”
6. Red No. 40 – the “artificial red food color estrogenic”
7. Parabens – the “fragrance estrogenics”
8. Phthalates – the “plastic additive estrogenics”
9. BPA [bisphenol A] – the “plastic ingredient estrogenic”
10. EE2 [17α-ethinylestradiol] – the “birth control estrogenic”
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Additional Less Common Estrogenic Substances (Reasonably High Levels)
1. Various Plant Extracts or Oils: Lavender Essential Oil (ref & ref), Citral/Geranial [tea tree oil extracts and lemongrass extracts] (ref & ref), Nerol [found in hop extracts and lemongrass extracts] (ref), Anethole [found in anise oil extract] (ref), Geraniol [found in rose extracts, palmarosa extracts, and citronella extracts as well as most artificial flavors such as peach, raspberry, grapefruit, red apple, plum, lime, orange, lemon, watermelon, pineapple, and blueberry (ref), cigarette additive] (ref), Cannabis Smoke (ref), Ginseng, Red Clover, Alfalfa [last 3 (ref)]
2. Purified Polyphenol (e.g. Extracts) (ref)
3. Phosphorus-Containing Flame Retardants (ref)
4. Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
5. Pueraria mirifica [Thai Herb]
6. Japanese arrowroot/Kudzu [plant with a starch-rich root]
7. Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) & Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs)
8. Kepone/Chlordecone
9. Methoxychlor [insecticide]
10. Benzenes, found in things like cigarette smoke condensate (ref)