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> Doses of hormones are in the milligram range to have a biological effect. Not even close. This is grossly overstated unless you talk about the full amount in
by pvaldes 4y ago
> Doses of hormones are in the milligram range to have a biological effect.
Not even close. This is grossly overstated unless you talk about the full amount in the organism, that is an useless measure. Hormones act locally and trigger profound irreversible consequences in really tiny doses
> Please explain me how a 50 microgram piece of plastic contains enough endocrine disruptor to have a biological effect?
Adding its effects to the rest of the microplastics.
A handbook of Endocrinology will explain it much better, with tables, graphs and images.