Enst 201 Lecture 17 Outline of Last Lecture I Sharing diseases with animals II Urbanization III Resistance IV Globalization Outline of Current Lecture I Endocrine disruptors II Epigenetics III Video IV Regulation of harmful chemical Current Lecture I Endocrine disruptors a Infants are especially susceptible i Endocrine disruptors can affect the children s IQ ii There have been links of endocrine disruptors to obesity and epigenetics II Epigenetics a Heritable changes that are not caused by changes in the gene sequence III Video a Plastic is in everything i BPA is an endocrine disruptor found in plastic ii Is link to causing cancer These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute iii Research done funded by chemical industries tend to have conclusions that PBA is not harmful IV Regulation of harmful chemical a Other countries are beginning to follow European way of regulation b Precautionary Europe s regulation policy i Act on caution instead of needing solid evidence c America act on the concept that things need to be 100 sure before the government should take action
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