Endocrine disruptor

water facilities, and these contaminants are found hazardous for human health. The risk EWG is worrying about the most is exposure to chemical contaminants causing chronic diseases. These contaminants are carcinogens, mutagens, teratogens, endocrine disruptors, etc. However, the water in these facilities are still considered safe under SWDA. Compared…

The issue that I am most passionate about changing globally and in my community, is the consumption of harmful cosmology products. We all focus on finding cures for big diseases such as cancer, HIV, and Aids but we barely focus on finding cures to the finer issues that might cause these health mutations. Every year there are millions of cosmetology products marketed in our local drug store and international companies that are expected extenuate our skin and body. Our communities are not aware…

then there is also an increase in glyphosate, an herbicide found in Roundup. Studies have revealed that there are carcinogenic and endocrine disrupting effects from the use of glyphosate. The endocrine system carries out many different functions such as growth and veleopment, homeostasis, metabolism, reproduction, and the response to stimuli. An endocrine disruptor is a chemical that can either mimic or block hormones and can therefore disrupt the body’s normal functions. This can alter hormone…

Agent Orange: The Perpetual Consequences Generations of Vietnamese civilians exposed to a perilous chemical: all due to the spraying of an herbicide over Vietnam’s jungles. The Vietnam War was between the Communist North Vietnam and the United States. The conflict became global when Communist-supportive countries began sending reinforcements to the Vietnamese and the United States gained support from its allies. The Viet Cong soldiers knew their jungles by heart and used the plant cover to…

Marine debris can degrade marine habitats, endanger marine and coastal wildlife and pose threats to human health and safely. Scientists and explorers believe that the best way to accrue the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is to limit or eliminate the use of disposable plastics and increase the use of biodegradable resources in human’s everyday life. Since the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is so far from any country’s coastline, no nation takes the responsibility or provides the funding to clean it up…

was impaired, sex hormone levels were modified. In male rats, liver necrosis was visible and kidney cells were notably larger, and their tumors were about 4 bigger in size. Author concluded that these altered characteristics could be explained by endocrine disrupting of roundup and transgenic modified foods resistance to these pesticides. However, the results were rejected by European food safety authority, by mentioning the study is not reliable, because the way of exposure on subjects was…

DDT, a white tasteless and almost odorless crystalline solid, is an organochlorine contact insecticide that kills by acting as a nerve poison. DDT is categorized by the WHO as Class II "moderately hazardous". DDT was first synthesized in 1874; it was first used as pesticide in 1937 and for epidemic prevention in the US Army during the Second World War (Eriksson & Talts 2000). Its insecticidal properties were first discovered by Paul Müller in 1939, and it acts on the nervous system through…

mothers” in the 1950’s, suggesting that the cause of autism had been based entirely on the parents style of raising their children. Another point the article raises is that in a 2010 study of the effects phthalates, a common chemical, which are endocrine disruptors that had shown correlations to social impairments of children between the ages of 7 and 9 (Klass 2011). However, these correlations don’t necessarily mean that Y equates to X and this is accentuated when Klass quote Dr.…

What is the main concern with products that go upon the lips? Is ingesting them one time dangerous? Or is it because we reapply so often/wear daily and it accumulates? The main concern is that most lip products are not made with edible ingredients yet we ingest the ingredients unknowingly. Ingesting the ingredients one time is not harmful, but toxins accumulate in our tissues overtime with daily applications. I think it’s best to purchase lip products that contain only edible, non-toxic…

DDT serves as an endocrine disruptor and thus much of its effects on the human body are interactions with the endocrine system. There is numerous back and forth evidence on DDT’s impact on the human body. In a study done by the CDC where adults were given small capsules of DDT regularly for 18 months, there were no…