Editing Endocrine disruptor (section)

=== Environment ===
[[File:Landfill Hawaii.jpg|thumb|Plastics in landfills can be absorbed by the soil and can then get into groundwater.]]
Additives added to [[plastics]] during manufacturing may leach into the environment after the plastic item is discarded; additives in [[microplastics]] in the ocean leach into ocean water and in plastics in [[landfills]] may escape and leach into the soil and then into [[groundwater]].<ref name="pmid19528054">{{cite journal | vauthors = Teuten EL, Saquing JM, Knappe DR, Barlaz MA, Jonsson S, Björn A, Rowland SJ, Thompson RC, Galloway TS, Yamashita R, Ochi D, Watanuki Y, Moore C, Viet PH, Tana TS, Prudente M, Boonyatumanond R, Zakaria MP, Akkhavong K, Ogata Y, Hirai H, Iwasa S, Mizukawa K, Hagino Y, Imamura A, Saha M, Takada H | title = Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife | journal = Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences | volume = 364 | issue = 1526 | pages = 2027–45 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19528054 | pmc = 2873017 | doi = 10.1098/rstb.2008.0284 }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Endocrine disrupting chemicals, wildlife and the environment |url=https://chemtrust.org/edcs-wildlife/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=CHEM Trust |language=en-US}}</ref> The chemicals occur in plastics, pesticides, food containers, children's toys, industrial waste, and some personal care products which can enter and accumulate in the environment by contaminating the soil, air, and water.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Luo |first=Rui |last2=Zhang |first2=Tao |last3=Wang |first3=Li |last4=Feng |first4=Yong |date=2023-11-01 |title=Emissions and mitigation potential of endocrine disruptors during outdoor exercise: Fate, transport, and implications for human health |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935123013798 |journal=Environmental Research |volume=236 |pages=116575 |doi=10.1016/j.envres.2023.116575 |issn=0013-9351}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Endocrine Disruptors |url=https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine|access-date=2025-04-13 |website=National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences|date=22 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>