No you can not compare germs or "bugs" to oil!
The endocrine system is a complex network of glands and hormones that regulate many of the body's functions including growth, development, and maturation, and the way various organs operate. The endocrine glands –- including the pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, thymus, pancreas, ovaries, and testes – release carefully-measured amounts of hormones into the bloodstream that act as natural chemical messengers, traveling to different parts of the body in order to control and adjust many life functions.
An endocrine disruptor(like a petrochemical) is a chemical that, when absorbed into the body, either mimics or blocks hormones and disrupts the body's normal functions. This disruption can happen through altering normal hormone levels, halting or stimulating the production of hormones, or changing the way hormones travel through the body, thus affecting the functions that these hormones control. Because endocrine disruptors affect the development of the body's vital organs and hormonal systems, infants, children, and developing fetuses are more vulnerable to exposure.
Exposure to endocrine disruptors can occur through direct contact with pesticides and other chemicals or through ingestion of contaminated water, food, or air. Dioxin is one known endocrine disruptor and there are others: diethylstilbesterol (the drug DES), PCBs, DDT, and some other pesticides. Many chemicals, particularly pesticides and plasticizers, are suspected endocrine disruptors based on animal studies. Chemicals suspected of acting as endocrine disruptors are found in insecticides, herbicides, fumigants, and fungicides that are used in agriculture as well as in the home. Industrial workers can be exposed to chemicals such as detergents, resins, and plasticizers with endocrine-disrupting properties. Endocrine disruptors also enter the air or water as byproducts of many chemical and manufacturing processes, and when plastics and other materials are burned. Further, National Institute of Health studies have found that endocrine disruptors can leach out of plastics, including the type of plastic used to make hospital intravenous bags (PVC.) Many endocrine disruptors are persistent in the environment and accumulate in fat, so exposures can also come from eating fatty foods and fish from contaminated water. (Visit www.mindfully.org.)
The endocrine system is a complex network of glands and hormones that regulate many of the body's functions including growth, development, and maturation, and the way various organs operate. The endocrine glands –- including the pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, thymus, pancreas, ovaries, and testes – release carefully-measured amounts of hormones into the bloodstream that act as natural chemical messengers, traveling to different parts of the body in order to control and adjust many life functions.
An endocrine disruptor(like a petrochemical) is a chemical that, when absorbed into the body, either mimics or blocks hormones and disrupts the body's normal functions. This disruption can happen through altering normal hormone levels, halting or stimulating the production of hormones, or changing the way hormones travel through the body, thus affecting the functions that these hormones control. Because endocrine disruptors affect the development of the body's vital organs and hormonal systems, infants, children, and developing fetuses are more vulnerable to exposure.
Exposure to endocrine disruptors can occur through direct contact with pesticides and other chemicals or through ingestion of contaminated water, food, or air. Dioxin is one known endocrine disruptor and there are others: diethylstilbesterol (the drug DES), PCBs, DDT, and some other pesticides. Many chemicals, particularly pesticides and plasticizers, are suspected endocrine disruptors based on animal studies. Chemicals suspected of acting as endocrine disruptors are found in insecticides, herbicides, fumigants, and fungicides that are used in agriculture as well as in the home. Industrial workers can be exposed to chemicals such as detergents, resins, and plasticizers with endocrine-disrupting properties. Endocrine disruptors also enter the air or water as byproducts of many chemical and manufacturing processes, and when plastics and other materials are burned. Further, National Institute of Health studies have found that endocrine disruptors can leach out of plastics, including the type of plastic used to make hospital intravenous bags (PVC.) Many endocrine disruptors are persistent in the environment and accumulate in fat, so exposures can also come from eating fatty foods and fish from contaminated water. (Visit www.mindfully.org.)
Freakin pantie weights!
)... do whatever kids do when they are curious. Hell, I can't remember the last time I've cleaned a cut more than just wiping off the dirt when I was out in the woods. I've never had any scrape or gash get infected. The only cuts I clean are ones that have come from rust... even then. I've never had a tetanus shot... I don't really worry about that crap.
