Low Doses of PFOA Promote Prostate and Breast Cancer Cells Growth through Different Pathways.

Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) are found in everyday products. Widely distributed throughout the environment, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a specific class of EDCs that can accumulate in adipose tissue. Many of them induce adverse effects on human health-such as obesity, fertility disorders and cancers-by perturbing hormone effects.