Some Food Additives Mimic Human Hormones

New research reveals that some common food additives behave like estrogen in the body

By Jessica A. Knoblauch and Environmental Health News   

Fishy lobster? Some food additives that help to keep lobster and other shellfish looking fresh might be changing human hormones.

A discovery that two commonly used food additives are estrogenic has led scientists to suspect that many ingredients added to the food supply may be capable of altering hormones.

via Some Food Additives Mimic Human Hormones: Scientific American.