According to the GC Green Cross Medical Foundation, specialist Lee Joon-hyung made a presentation under the title of "Introduction of Environmental Hazardous Factor Tests" during the "Health of Liver for Cholesterol Management" session.
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Specialist Lee Joon-hyung explained the endocrine disruptor (EDC) exposed in modern people's lives and the panel test of environmental harmful factors that detect it. In particular, it emphasized the importance of early diagnosis and improvement of lifestyle for exposure to endocrine disruptors.
Endocrine disruptors are "exogenous chemicals that interfere with normal hormone physiology by interfering with hormone synthesis and metabolism," which are familiar to us as environmental hormones. Representatively, bisphenol, paraben, and phthalate are added as stabilizers and preservatives to plastics, canned cans, cosmetics, and food products frequently used by modern people.
Excessive exposure to these disruptors causes urinary reproductive system diseases such as infertility, infertility, precocious puberty, endocrine-related cancer, and congenital genital genital form. In addition, the risk of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome is also known to increase. However, it is explained that the risk of disease can be reduced as much as possible by identifying an individual's exposure in advance and improving lifestyle through tests that can determine the degree of exposure to endocrine disruptors.
Through this lecture, specialist Lee Joon-hyung introduced the "Panel Test for Environmental Hazardous Factors" that can measure the degree of exposure to endocrine disruptors. According to specialist Lee Jun-hyung, the test can test all 14 integrated risk assessment substances (3 bisphenols, 4 parabens, 7 phthalates), triclosan, perfluoride compounds, and heavy metals designated by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in 2018, and can accurately detect small amounts of disturbing substances.
Specialist Lee Joon-young said, "These days, the use of disposable products is rapidly increasing due to COVID-19, which means that we are constantly exposed to a significant amount of environmental hormones. Endocrine disruptors are difficult to avoid completely, but improving exposure early through environmental hazard panel tests can minimize the risk of reproductive machinery."
Writer: Soyun Lee
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