NATS 1560 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Phthalate, Spinach, Methylmercury

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1560
• Professor: Daniela Monaldi

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Endogenous toxins in food: long term and immediate problems. Food or water borne diseases: long term illness is mostly from lack of good diet. You either eat too much bad stuff or do(cid:374)"t eat suffi(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t good stuff (cid:396)e(cid:272)ei(cid:448)i(cid:374)g e(cid:374)ough nutrients and energy: first are toxins that a naturally part of the food. Plankton can release toxins that can kill millions of fish. When we consume that fish, regardless of cooking method, we too can die: most mushrooms we eat are raised commercially and safe. Most in fields and forests are safe too, but some of those can kill us (destroying angel: bse (cid:272)(cid:396)eates holes i(cid:374) people"s (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ases the(cid:373) to die. Tapeworms and roundworms inhibit in the intestines of the body. This can enter the body through raw or insufficiently cooked pork or beef: single-celled protozoans called amoebas are very common.