Organochlorine compounds are a group of chemicals that contain carbon, hydrogen, and chlorine atoms. They can be found in various products and substances, including pesticides, plastics, and industrial chemicals. These compounds are known for their persistence in the environment and their potential to accumulate in living organisms, which can pose risks to human health and the environment.
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Altogether, a negative relationship was indicated between infections and
total organochlorine compound exposure during the whole pre - and postnatal period.
The researchers cite peer reviewed research which demonstrated a very strong relationship between the levels of POPs in blood samples of participants,
particularly organochlorine compounds, and the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Study after study shows that
organochlorine compounds, specifically, adversely affect the body's ability to oxidize fat — they resist being metabolized and are readily stored in fatty tissue.
However, associations with fetal motor activity measures were more consistent and robust: higher concentrations of 7 of 10
organochlorine compounds were positively associated with one of more measures of more frequent and more vigorous fetal motor activity.
It is a member of an entirely new class of alkaloids; it is
an organochlorine compound, which is rarely found in animals; and it is a powerful painkiller.
Thyroid hormones in pregnancy in relation to environmental exposure to
organochlorine compounds and mercury.
«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.»