Sentences with phrase «on organochlorines»

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In her landmark book, she documented a litany of evils observed after DDT and other organochlorine insecticides were sprayed on landscapes, rivers, and lawns: dead birds and paralyzed birds, pigeons dropping from the sky, bird nests without eggs and eggs that did not hatch, dead fish and fish swimming in circles, cancers in humans, and a buildup of DDT in the fat of animals and people.

A third organochlorine on the list, endosulfan, is still used in the United States.

But there has been ongoing criticism that it concentrates too heavily on the kraft pulping and chlorine bleaching technology, which traditionally has been associated with organochlorine pollution.

From the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the most prestigious nutrition journal on the planet, and considered one of the most influential scientific journals of the 20th century: «Vegetarian diets and exposure to organochlorine pollutants, lead, and mercury.»

Listed are examples of organochlorine products so that you might be able to recognize them on the labels of products given to animals that are suspected of this type of toxicity.

«A wide variety of organochlorine compounds and pesticides have an effect on the thyroid hormones in plasma, tissues and deiodinase enzymes, which are in charge of stabilising the thyroid hormones in tissues.»

Focusing on that will cause you to lose your funding and be forced to relocate, as will studying organochlorine distributions in marine mammals.