European Environment Agency's home page http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 2. The impacts of endocrine disrupters on wildlife, people and their environments – The Weybridge+15 (1996–2011) report http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/the-impacts-of-endocrine-disrupters?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Rates of endocrine diseases and disorders, such as some reproductive and developmental harm in human populations, have changed in line with the growth of the chemical industry, leading to concerns that these factors may be linked. For example, the current status of semen quality in the few European countries where studies have been systematically conducted, is very poor: fertility in approximately 40 % of men is impaired. There is also evidence of reproductive and developmental harm linked to impairments in endocrine function in a number of wildlife species, particularly in environments that are contaminated by cocktails of chemicals that are in everyday use. Based on the human and wildlife evidence, many scientists are concerned about chemical pollutants being able to interfere with the normal functioning of hormones, so-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), that could play a causative role in these diseases and disorders. If this holds true, then these 'early warnings' signal a failure in environmental protection that should be addressed. No publisher Academy of Finland EDC endocrine disruption cancer chemicals hormones neurodevelopmental disorder fertility 2012-05-10T15:00:00+02:00 Publication Correlation between fertility and female education http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/correlation-between-fertility-and-female-education?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The graph shows the correlation between adult female literacy (X-axis) rates and fertility rates (Y-axis) by country. Circles are proportional to national country population. No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). SOER2010 education projection population global megatrends gender social megatrends demography world fertility literacy 2010-12-13T10:32:40+02:00 EEAFigure