EESA10H3 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 Study Guide

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Midterm exam: friday february 29, 2008 from 7pm to 9pm. From last class: transformation of nitrates to nitrites in the book it says that it is happening in our body, professor said here in class that it is happening in water (both things are true) Chemicals that regulate many different processes that are very important processes in our body and they regulate the processes in very tiny amounts. Adults are not that sensitive (adverse affects are not very visible on adults), fetuses are much more sensitive: fetuses are more sensitive on the changes of the hormones than adults, thyroid hormone affects mental brain development of fetuses. In animal studies some impaired learning in non-human primates seen: organophosphates affect directly brain development. Organochlorine substances: are two different chemicals will talk about dioxins and ddt (are not in the textbook, found this very intriguing and very important subject of big concerns right now.

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