ENST 201 1st Edition Lecture 17 Outline of Last Lecture I Antibiotics II Globalization III How disease spread IV How does it escape rural areas V Diversity VI FILM Outline of Current Lecture I Big topics in video II Cancer III Type 2 Diabetes Current Lecture I Endocrine disruptors are very dangerous at all stages of life but mostly to babies and embryos a These can affect the development of babies i Examples border of Mexico some babies born without brains b are chemicals that may interfere with the body s endocrine system and produce adverse developmental reproductive neurological and immune effects in both humans and wildlife c Chemicals bind to genes and the genes expression of traits is changed and can affect the gene of subsequent generations i Example wildlife showed signs of endocrine stress d From WW2 to now there are more plastics being produced and more chemicals being in everyday products i Sperm sample before WW2 is more interesting than sperm sample of citizen in New York in the 70 s due to the mass amount of exposure to chemicals ii Children of mothers who are more Great Lakes fish had higher IQ s than other children of mothers who did not eat the fish e Endocrine disruptors are being linked to a lot of diseases like autism 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 II III IV V VI VII VIII Big topics in video a Regulations of chemicals have become too relaxed i Regulations stall market advancements ii Regulations due to environmental impacts are seen as burdensome to economy 1 People only want these regulations if the benefits greatly outweigh the costs a People are not taking into account the costs we suffer from damaging our economy they are just looking at monetary costs b Benefits that can be seen from these regulations will most commonly be seen in the public health department i Example higher life expectancy less cancer patients less obesity cleaner air c These benefits are hard to put a number on which is why people miss these benefits due to their subjectiveness iii EPA did very little because the government dragged their feet because they did not want to alienate the chemical industry Only some studies were looked at a Only the studies that said BPA would not be dangerous to the population were accepted and all the studies that said it was dangerous were pushed aside Ark Pope believes University should not be involved in research only private sector should be in research a Government funded research will usually be more objective than private sector funded research i Privates sector is mostly concerned with short term research while public sector research focus on more broad and long term research Newspaper people investigative journalism included all studies and made sure to present accurate information Why is investigative journalism going extinct a Because it takes too long to get things right b We have 24 hour news cycle Twitter Facebook c Our attention spans are getting shorter and shorter so it makes it harder for journalists to communicate the whole complicated story Independents are least informed they do not seem to care what is going on Cancer problems in cell mutation around 6 20 mutations a More at risk to get cancer as you get older because you accumulate more mutations as you get older a More likely to get cancer in cells that divide quickly i Example blood cells skin cells b There are people with vulnerabilities to cancer c 20 is caused by genetic predisposition i the environment and lifestyle choices account for the other 80 of cancer cases II Type 2 Diabetes Adult onset diabetes a More children are developing this disease because of new diets i There is now more processed foods and more sugar in the foods ii Sizes of meals have increased iii Increased consumption in sugary beverages b People are thinking short term so they buy unhealthy cheap foods i They do not think about how it will affect their health later on c Lack of exercise i People drive and park right next to where we need to go ii Schools typically do not have PE everyday so we are not pushing kids to exercise and engage in physical activity iii Kids cannot play outside alone anymore or walk to places