Toxicology and herbals and phamaceuticals and laws...

[Under development]... link to chemicals

http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esis/index.php?GENRE=CASNO&ENTREE=19044-06-5


Here are some ideas as to why one might want to stay on top of what is happening with chemicals. These are quoted from among several others at, "Our Stolen Future."

• Data gathered by the US CDC reveal strong associations between exposures to persistent contaminants and risk of type 2 diabetes. In a sample of 2,016 Americans, diabetes risk rose significantly with exposure to five of 6 studied contaminants (a PCB, two dioxins and three pesticides). Using an index reflecting simultaneous exposure to the mix of contaminants, the study found that people in the highest exposure category were almost 38 times more likely to have diabetes than those in the lowest.

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• A large study of men in the Boston area finds that increases in a metabolite of the phthalate DBP are associated with impaired sperm quality, at exposure levels within the range experienced by the general population. Both sperm concentration and sperm motility were more likely to be beneath WHO reference levels at higher exposure levels to MBP, the metabolite. Metabolites of DEHP, DMB and BbZP were not associated with lowered sperm quality.
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• An analysis of published research in peer-reviewed journals reveals important examples of scientists failing to disclose links to industry, including by one of epidemiology's biggest names. According to Swedish researchers, Sir Richard Doll, co-author of a famous paper minimizing the role of chemicals in causing cancer, failed to disclose funding from Monsanto, Dow, ICI and the American Chemistry Council for work on vinyl chloride, dioxin and phenoxy herbicides.
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• The risk of adult-onset asthma is more than double for workers employed in offices with plastic wall-lining. This conclusion emerged from a case-control study in southern Finland examining the work and home environment of 521 asthmatics and 932 controls. The researchers suggest that the association is a result of increased exposure to the phthalate DEHP in work environments that have used materials containing polyvinyl chloride, which can be as much as 40% by weight DEHP.

Source: http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/New/newstuff.htm#testdecline