CNN – Hormone-disrupting chemicals are everywhere — in plastics, pesticides and makeup — and two of them, phthalates and DDE, have been particularly strongly linked with common female reproductive conditions, such as fibroids.

In a new study, researchers estimate that the problems caused by these two chemicals alone could cost the European Union at least 1.41 billion euros a year, the U.S. equivalent of about $1.58 billion.

SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/22/health/endometriosis-fibroids-phthalates-dde-costs/index.html?eref=rss_health