Implicancias del uso de nonoxinol en el Uruguay

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Endocrine disruptors interfere with the hormonal activity in the organism, mimicking or blocking natural hormones. They are ubiquitous and bioaccumulative. These substances interfere with estrogens and may cause cancer or a decrease in reproductive capacity in addition to changes in the sex of fish and an affectation of biodiversity. In our country we are still consuming substances that have been prohibited globally for causing these effects. For example, since January 2005 in Europe has banned products with more than 0.1% of nonylphenol polyethoxylated. In Uruguay, it is increasingly used as an industrial cleaning agent (wool washing, tanneries), institutional and domestic cleaning (low foam powdered detergents, cleaners). It has low biodegradability and reaches the waterways, sediments and living beings. We should grasp the seriousness of this matter and use substitutes to prevent these consequences.

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Implicancias del uso de nonoxinol en el Uruguay. (2011). INNOTEC, 2 ene-dic, 10-11. https://doi.org/10.26461/02.03

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