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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

BP's Corexit Increases Uptake of Endocrine Disruptors in Fish - What Will It Do to Peop... - 0 views

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    Report by an M.D. describing the ED effects of the dispersant used to "manage" the BP oil spill. Includes link to article on how PAH uptake by fish is increased when exposed to the dispersant (Corexit - give me a break on the name!).
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.
Vanessa Ward

Endocrine Disruptors IV: Cancer in Our Foods - 1 views

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of compounds that include over one hundred different contaminants
  • PAHs are persistent compounds. They are not easily broken down, so they can last for a long time. Also, they bioaccumulate—the higher up in the food chain you go, the higher the concentration of PAHs within the organism.
  • To be safe, there are several ways of reducing exposure to PAHs
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    I thought this was an interesting introductory site to PAH's and how they relate to endocrine disruption. The main focus is on PAH's, which are the result of incompletely burned material such as coal, wood, oil, or gas. Eating grilled foods could increase the exposure to PAH's as well as cigarette smoke, exhaust and even natural sources such as forest fires. Exposure to PAH's could lead to the development of cancer.
cmccleery1

Endocrine disruption in fish - Google Books - 0 views

shared by cmccleery1 on 24 May 10 - Cached
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    This is a google preview of a book which is about how the endocrine system is obstructed nad affected in fish
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