Table 1.
Disease Burden and Costs of EDC Exposures in Adults.
| Exposure | Life stage of exposure | Outcome | US | Canada | EU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease Burden | Economic Cost (USD) | Disease Burden | Economic Cost (USD) | Disease Burden | Economic Cost (USD) | |||
| Phthalates | Adult | Obesity | 5900 cases | $1.7 billion | 2093 cases | $684.8 million | 53,900 cases | $20.8 billion |
| Adult | Type 2 Diabetes | 1300 cases | $91.4 million | 225 cases | $25.8 million | 20,500 cases | $807.2 million | |
| Adult Females | Endometriosis | 86,000 cases | $47.0 billion | 10,151 cases | $5.7 billion | 145,000 cases | $1.7 billion | |
| Adult Males | Male infertility | 240,100 cases | $2.5 billion | 1395 cases | $17.0 million | 618,000 cases | $6.3 billion | |
| Adults | Cardiovascular mortality | 90,800 cases | $39.9 billion | Not quantified yet. | ||||
| PFAS | Adult | Obesity | 4,294,379 Cases | $17 billion | ||||
| Adult | Kidney cancer | 142 cases | $184 million | |||||
| Adults | Couple Infertility | 593–26,160 cases | $37.6 million -$1.7 billion | |||||
| Adult Females | Hypothyroidism | 14,572 cases | $1.3–5.2 billion | |||||
| Adult Females | Type II Diabetes | 1728 cases | $140 million | |||||
| Adult Females | Endometriosis | 696–18,062 cases | $397 million - $10.2 billion | |||||
| Adult Females | Polycystic ovarian syndrome | 7209–7505 cases | $10.5–10.9 million | |||||
| Adult females | Breast cancer | 421–3095 cases | $555 million-$4.1 billion | |||||