Levels of flame-retardant chemical pollutants (PBDEs) in the tissues of women from around the world are compared.
Pollutants in Californian Breast Tissue
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Measuring urine levels of industrial toxins is more useful than measuring food levels, since it indicates how much of the pollutants are actually absorbed into the body. So, in one sense, it’s telling you what kind of levels are circulating in your body; at the same time, it’s telling you how much your body is successfully getting rid of, through the kidneys.
Ideally, we’d like to measure levels in human tissues. Like, how much is actually lodged in one’s breast tissue, for example? Well, women get breast surgery all the time; why not test surgical samples of removed breast tissue? Women get fibroids removed; we can test those, too—fresh autopsy samples. And, hey, what about liposuction?
How did the levels of polybromated diphenylethers—flame-retardant chemicals—in the breast tissue of California women compare to various tissue samples taken from women around the world? Where do these flags fit? Which of these bars represents the levels found in Belgian women, Brazilian women, Californian, Czech, French, Hong Kong, Japanese, New Yorkers, Singaporean, or Spanish women?
Do we wish they could all be California? No.
Look at that spread—two orders of magnitude. The breast tissue of California women had nearly ten times more than women in any other country, and compared to the lowest levels—autopsy samples of Japanese women—a hundred times higher levels found in New Yorker liposuction.
Please consider volunteering to help out on the site.
Images thanks to He Who Laughs Last via Wikimedia, and Mark A. Vargas and Mark Heard via flickr
Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video.
Measuring urine levels of industrial toxins is more useful than measuring food levels, since it indicates how much of the pollutants are actually absorbed into the body. So, in one sense, it’s telling you what kind of levels are circulating in your body; at the same time, it’s telling you how much your body is successfully getting rid of, through the kidneys.
Ideally, we’d like to measure levels in human tissues. Like, how much is actually lodged in one’s breast tissue, for example? Well, women get breast surgery all the time; why not test surgical samples of removed breast tissue? Women get fibroids removed; we can test those, too—fresh autopsy samples. And, hey, what about liposuction?
How did the levels of polybromated diphenylethers—flame-retardant chemicals—in the breast tissue of California women compare to various tissue samples taken from women around the world? Where do these flags fit? Which of these bars represents the levels found in Belgian women, Brazilian women, Californian, Czech, French, Hong Kong, Japanese, New Yorkers, Singaporean, or Spanish women?
Do we wish they could all be California? No.
Look at that spread—two orders of magnitude. The breast tissue of California women had nearly ten times more than women in any other country, and compared to the lowest levels—autopsy samples of Japanese women—a hundred times higher levels found in New Yorker liposuction.
Please consider volunteering to help out on the site.
Images thanks to He Who Laughs Last via Wikimedia, and Mark A. Vargas and Mark Heard via flickr
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Pollutants in Californian Breast Tissue
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I covered PBDEs previously in The Problem with Organic Salmon. How contaminated are Americans, in general? See CDC Report on Environmental Chemical Exposure, the first in this video series on our dietary exposure to industrial pollutants. There are better ways to lower the levels in our bodies than liposuction; I’ll explore some in Food Sources of Flame-Retardant Chemicals.
For further context, check out my associated blog posts: Pollutants in Californian Breast Tissue; Protecting Our Babies From Pollutants; and Why Are Children Starting Puberty Earlier?
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