Fetal Exposure To PCBs Impacts Reproductive Markers Of Children And Grandchildren Of Exposed Animals

[TZ]

ScienceDaily (May 27, 2008) — Since the 1962 publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, awareness of how environmental toxicants can impact fertility has increased.


In a new article, Steinberg and colleagues provide evidence that adverse reproductive effects of toxicants may extend not only to the children of exposed individuals, but also to the next generation.

They treated pregnant rats with a mixture of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and found that reproductive markers were disrupted not only in the female offspring of these rats, but also in the "grand offspring," which are derived from oocytes present in fetuses of the treated females.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080524075256.htm

[Mabus]

1. That's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg

There are a lot of transgenerational embryonic disruptors that we have polluted our environment and, therefore, our bodies with. Thanks for the article. It's too bad that "news" agencies don't feel compelled to tell us this type of information.

:hi: We should try to get together again someday.

[TZ]

2. Definitely!

It was fun..Drop me a PM sometime and we'll do it again....:hi: