Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Persistent Organic Pollutant, Endocrine Disruptor, Precautionary Principle
14 Jul 2016
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The environment as a social determinant of health. The political and economic factors in society that produce the sdh affect the environments that determine health (i. e. , exposure to toxins, and protection from those toxins) Drew attention to the persistent nature of organic compounds and their affects on health. Became banned after the releasing of silent spring. Critic of health effects of industry (petrochemical, nuclear) The process f making the products often uses things such as crude oil pollutes air. First used during the war to protect people from diseases carried by insects. Later adopted for crop production after the war. Meant more efficient farming instead of rotating crops, the insects could just be killed less labor needed. Related to breast cancer, diabetes, spontaneous miscarriage, impaired neurological development in children. Banned in the early 1970s in north america. Often called environmental estrogens either block or enhance estrogen. Necessary for healthy development of a reproductive system and sex organ in females.
