Sentences with phrase «disrupting chemicals alter»
«Endocrine - disrupting chemicals alter thyroid hormone activity during pregnancy, affect thyroid hormone activity.»
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The chemicals may contribute to diabetes by altering insulin production, disrupting related genes or changing glucose transport or fat metabolism, according to scientists.
DENVER — Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may tote several hormone - disrupting chemicals that can alter the development of mice, researchers reported March 23 at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Exposures to chemicals that disrupt these normal processes can alter normal breast development in ways that lead to increased risk of breast cancer in later life.
«By directly interacting with melatonin receptors in the brain and peripheral tissues, environmental chemicals, such as carbaryl, may disrupt key physiological processes leading to misaligned circadian rhythms, sleep patterns, and altered metabolic functions increasing the risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes and metabolic disorders,» said Dubocovich.
Plus, evidence indicates that endocrine - disrupting chemicals can alter our epigenetics, or the way our genes are expressed.