EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Spinach, Chlordane, Carcinogen

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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) First you have to know what endocrine glands are. 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. In car exhaust you also can find dioxins. Proven to be carcinogen in laboratory animals and in humans but mechanism is not known (research still needs many answers on this)

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