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... If used with common sense, the combination of plastics and food can be safe; however certain types of plastics are made with chemicals that may cause health concerns if they leach into food. ... Xenoestrogens such as Bisphenol A and Vinyl Chloride (DEHP) in consumer plastics are what are causing potential danger to humans. Without a considerable amount of knowledge on the subject and precautionary safety steps xenoestrogens will continue to grow and remain a threat to human health.
What Exactly are xenoestrogens? Xenoestrogens are synthetic chemicals that enter the body by means of ingestion, absorption and inhalation. ... One main function of the endocrine glands is to secrete estrogen into the body and because xenoestrogens interfere with the body’s normal regulation of estrogen the primary result is genetic mutations such as Cancer. Although these synthetic chemicals differ only in the placement of an OH group, they have extremely different effects on the body and its systems. ... C16, the "bad estrogen," causes the estrogen receptor to activate strongly, prompting breast cell duplication; however, xenoestrogens do not only have an effect on women, they effect men and animals as well. ... Studies done on lab rats have shown that Bisphenol A produces identical effects on humans that oestradiol; the most potent oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary: synthesized and used to treat oestrogen deficiency and cancer of the breast (The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers) does on rats. The oestradiol had effects on the rat uterus and vagina as it does in humans, exposure to developing male mice in the womb has been shown to enlarge their prostate glands as in humans, and it acts upon the female rat brain just as Bisphenol-A does to human females.
Approximate Word count = 1353
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