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Liz Richardson

Our Stolen Future - 0 views

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    What the effects of EEDs mean for our bodies, our species, our planet. Most recent additions concerning BPA in plastics.
Liz Richardson

Global assessment of the state-of-the-science of endocrine disruptors - 0 views

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    This is just the index, but the WHO has attempted to pinpoint which hormone compounds are most effective EEDs, and which hormones are most often mimicked. Discusses EED effects on wildlife as well as humans. Criteria for assessment of endocrine disruptors proposed for future studies.
suwhitte

Environmental Contaminants Program Home Page, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - 2 views

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    Effects of EEDs on wildlife. Website maintained by the US Fish and Wildlife Sevice. Also describes the Smart Disposal program.
suwhitte

ehormone website - Tulane University - 0 views

shared by suwhitte on 14 May 10 - Cached
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    Excellent website with current information on a variety of EED-related topics. Includes some learning modules and links to other resources.
suwhitte

ATSDR Home - 0 views

shared by suwhitte on 20 May 10 - Cached
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    Registry for toxic substances including EEDs.
suwhitte

EUROPA - Environment - Endocrine disrupters - 0 views

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    Check out how other countries are regulating EEDs.
Anna McLean

Human Health: Fish consumption -- Critical contaminants - 1 views

  • DDT and DDE are probable human carcinogens and endocrine disrupters.
  • Mercury is not known to be a carcinogen, but it is toxic to the fetuses of humans and animals.
  • ercury in Lake Huron fish has caused fish consumption advisories and has been detected in Lake Huron water, sediment and wildlife.
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    Although the use of DDT was banned a long time ago, it is still negatively affecting wild life. This page adds more detail to what we saw in the film, "The Estrogen Effect: Assault on the Male."
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    Under the metals section, there is a short description of heavy metals. These metals are known to damage organisms, and as shown in some of our mini-presentations, can act as EEDs. For example, erythropoietin's functions are inhibited by lead as an EED.
Liz Richardson

Cellular and Physiological Effects of Soy Flavonoids - 1 views

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    Vanessa- you may not be able to open this from home, but it is the full text version of the link I provided earlier. Soy isoflavones are felt to protect against different cancers, cardiovascular disease, and bone loss, and possibly weight gain.
Liz Richardson

Interview with Fredrick Vom Saal by Frontline PBS - 0 views

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    Related to the estrogen video viewed in class, plastics are feminizing males of mostly all species.
Liz Richardson

Soy Alert -- Tragedy and Hype - 0 views

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    Anti-soy campaign: what information can be trusted? Soy crops cover 72 million acres of American farmland. Much of this harvest will be used to feed chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows and salmon. Another large fraction will be squeezed to produce oil for margarine, shortenings and salad dressings. Do we ever really know how much soy we are ingesting? Many of these products are not listed as including soy.
Liz Richardson

Soy Uses - 1 views

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    Are you eating soy without realizing it? Many items are made using the versatile soy bean.
Vanessa Ward

Prenatal Genistein In Soy Reduces Obesity In Offspring - DukeHealth.org - 8 views

  • The agouti methylation consistently occurred throughout several germ layers of embryonic tissue, indicating that genistein acted during early embryonic development. Moreover, the methylation changes persisted into adulthood, providing the first evidence that in utero dietary genistein alters epigenetic gene regulation, coat color, and susceptibility to adult obesity in animals.
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    Vanessa - This pertains to both my study and yours. Is lack of soy consumption linked to obesity? Is it worth it to consume soy while pregnant if your child will lose risk of being fat but gain risk of being infertile?
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    This is awesome, thanks Liz.
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    This addresses the controversy of the role of estrogenics and the role they play in predispostion to obesity. DDE studies were positive for resulting in obesity but genistein studies show that in utero exposure results in a lower adult body weight. Both are estrogenics.
Liz Richardson

Environmental Signaling: What Embryos and Evolution Teach Us About Endocrine Disrupting... - 0 views

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    An overview of many endocrine disrupting chemicals, useful to anyone looking into the effects of environmental chemicals on organisms. Reference made to a book titled "Hormonal Chaos", by Sheldon Krimsky, describing how industrial and agricultural chemicals contact organisms and disrupt hormone function. Specifics on effects of environmental estrogens and fetal development.
Liz Richardson

Phyto-oestrogens: where are we now? - 0 views

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    What is known about phytoestrogens? How does it affect us? What can be done to improve the public knowledge concerning phytoestrogen intake? Do they interact with other nutritional factors?
suwhitte

TEDX - The Endocrine Disruption Exchange - 0 views

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    Site started by Theo Colburn, author of "Our Stolen Future."
suwhitte

Environmental Agents: Endocrine Disruptors - 0 views

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    site maintained by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
suwhitte

Environmental Health Perspectives - 0 views

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    Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news published by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. EHP's mission is to serve as a forum for the discussion of the interrelationships between the environment and human health by publishing in a balanced and objective manner the best peer-reviewed research and most current and credible news of the field. With an impact factor of 6.12, EHP is the top monthly journal in public, environmental, and occupational health and the second-ranked monthly journal in environmental sciences. The environmental health sciences include many fields of study and increasingly comprise a multidisciplinary research area. EHP publishes articles from a wide range of scientific disciplines encompassing basic research; epidemiologic studies; risk assessment; relevant ethical, legal, social, environmental justice, and policy topics; longitudinal human studies; in vitro and in vivo animal research with a clear relationship to human health; and environmental medicine case reports. Because children are uniquely sensitive to their environments, EHP devotes a research section specifically to issues surrounding children's environmental health. Search current issue and archives for journal articles related to your topic.
suwhitte

Why Chemicals Called Obesogens May Make You Fat - Newsweek.com - 0 views

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    Provides a basic description of obesogens and how they are thought to work. Good place to start.
Liz Richardson

Crude Oil Toxicity - 1 views

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    For Charlotte: EEDs do not have to be hormone based, they can just influence the natural functions of hormones. This site is recently developed to help people understand the effects of the BP Oil spill in the Gulf. I hope it is informative.
suwhitte

Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 - 0 views

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    A letter from the American Fisheries Society to Obama asking him to support the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009.
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