Contents 1. Introduction 2. Causative materials for contamination of surface water 3. Heavy metals 4. Pollution for the phthalate esters caused from human activities 5. Endocrine disrupting chemicals 6. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 6.1. Organic chlorinated chemicals 6.2. Organic phosphorylated chemicals 6.3. Other agricultural chemicals 6.4. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluor...

The prevalence of non-communicable diseases, which insulin resistance is a major constituent, among the pediatric population exponentially increasing worldwide; this causing significant health burden, making understanding basis phenomenon an issue primary importance. During last decades, we also observed that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals becoming more and common; has led researche...