ESCI 1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Earth, Oxygen, Ecosystem
20 Nov 2018
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Can cause breast growth, reproductive cancer, obesity, early puberty, and heart disease. Avoid plastics marked with pc or label #7. Low levels in womb and early life can affect sperm quality and lower sperm count in men during prime reproductive years. Build up in the body and food chain to affect both immune and reproductive systems. Products including meat, fish, milk, eggs and butter. Linked to breast tumors, delays in puberty and prostate inflammation in animals, as well as prostate cancer. Can even turn male frogs into females. Get a drinking water filter certified to remove atrazine. Hormone changes, lower sperm count, less mobile sperm, birth defects in male reproductive system, obesity, diabetes and thyroid irregularities. Don"t use plastic food containers, children"s toys and plastic wrap made from pvc. Competes with nutrient iodine, which thyroid gland needs to make thyroid hormones. Keeps body from regulating metabolism, and taking care of brain development in infants and children.
