More evidence links pesticides to diabetes

[Dover]

Reuters - People with relatively high levels of certain pesticides in their blood may have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes -- particularly if they are overweight, a new study suggests.

The study, reported in the journal Diabetes Care, is not the first to link chemical pollutants to diabetes.

A number of studies have found a connection between diabetes risk and exposure to older pesticides known as organochlorines, PCBs and other chemicals that fall into the category of "persistent organic pollutants."

Organochlorines are now banned or restricted in the U.S. and other developed countries, after research linked them to cancer and other potential health risks. PCBs, which were once used in everything from appliances to fluorescent lighting to insecticides, were banned in the 1970s.

However, as the name suggests, persistent organic pollutants remain in the environment for years and build up in animal and human body fat. ...//..."There is a large scientific background of cell-based and animal research that shows that these compounds disrupt endocrine (hormonal) function," he noted.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/17/us-more-evidence-links-pesticides-diabet-idUSTRE77G45120110817


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The media coverage of the recent story on how difficult it is to keep weight off has said it was due to hormonal issues but they don't know why hormones behave that way. So why wouldn't they mention these studies that show at least one potential reason = 'disrupted endrocrine (hormonal) function'?

[valerief]

1. God Bless Monsanto. Cleaner living through disease. nt

[RufusTFirefly]

2. Business as usual for the medical-industrial complex

They make money making you sick and then they make more money selling you medicine that is supposed to make you better.

[Mnemosyne]

3. Grew up between two farms, with the poisons they used, have no doubt of it. n/t