Enst 201 Lecture 17Outline of Last Lecture I. Sharing diseases with animalsII. UrbanizationIII. ResistanceIV. GlobalizationOutline of Current LectureI. Endocrine disruptors II. Epigenetics III. VideoIV. Regulation of harmful chemical Current LectureI. Endocrine disruptorsa. Infants are especially susceptiblei. Endocrine disruptors can affect the children’s IQii. There have been links of endocrine disruptors to obesity and epigenetics II. Epigeneticsa. Heritable changes that are not caused by changes in the gene sequence III. Videoa. Plastic is in everythingi. BPA is an endocrine disruptor found in plasticii. 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 PBAis not harmful IV. Regulation of harmful chemical a. Other countries are beginning to follow European way of regulationb. Precautionary- Europe’s regulation policyi. Act on caution instead of needing solid evidence c. America act on the concept that things need to be “100% sure” before the governmentshould take
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