Are the civilization diseases the result of organohalogen environmental pollution?
| Autor: | Anna Majcher, Katarzyna Góralczyk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Pollution Frequency of occurrence media_common.quotation_subject Environmental pollution Biology Dioxins General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Neoplasms Environmental health Hydrocarbons Chlorinated Humans Obesity Pesticides Furans Flame Retardants media_common Pollutant Infant Newborn Infant Environmental Exposure Pesticide Polychlorinated Biphenyls High surface Breast Feeding Child Preschool Female Psychomotor disorder Organohalogen compounds |
| Zdroj: | Acta Biochimica Polonica. |
| ISSN: | 1734-154X 0001-527X |
| Popis: | The notion of ‘civilization diseases’ is used to describe certain ailments whose aetiology is difficult to explain based on the knowledge about the functioning of the body and its metabolism. Only studies at the cellular level, on biochemical changes shed light on the causes of some diseases described as civilization diseases (cancers, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, obesity, psychomotor disorders in children and an increase in the frequency of malformations). The factors whose incontestable influence on the increase in the frequency of occurrence of various ‘civilization diseases’ has been proved are persistent organic pollutants, among others belonging to the group of organohalogen compounds. Among organohalogen pollutants one needs to distinguish organochlorine compounds, which have been used as pesticides, and pollution emitted by various industries such as dioxins and furans, polychlorinated biphenyls, and polybrominated organic compounds used as flame retardants and perfluoroalkylated substances, which are characterized by high chemical and thermal stability as well as high surface activity due to which they may be widely used as oleophobic and hydrophobic factors. |
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