William Gigantus
2014-06-24 18:10:06 UTC
It depends on what's in the enema.
My mother used soapy water and I would blast off like a rocket ship.
There would be *some* natural gas, but everything else was crap.
Hormone-disrupting activity of fracking chemicals worse than initially
found
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2014/06/hormone-disrupting-activity-of-fracking.html
- See more at:
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2014/06/hormone-disrupting-activity-of-fracking.html#sthash.NCbB89B4.dpuf
Many chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, can disrupt
not only the human body's reproductive hormones but also the
glucocorticoid and thyroid hormone receptors, which are necessary to
maintain good health, a new study finds. The results were presented
Monday at the joint meeting of the International Society of
Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago.
"Among the chemicals that the fracking industry has reported using
most often, all 24 that we have tested block the activity of one or
more important hormone receptors," said the study's presenting author,
Christopher Kassotis, a PhD student at the University of Missouri,
Columbia. "The high levels of hormone disruption by
endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that we measured, have been
associated with many poor health outcomes, such as infertility, cancer
and birth defects."
Hydraulic fracturing is the process of injecting numerous chemicals
and millions of gallons of water deep underground under high pressure
to fracture hard rock and release trapped natural gas and oil.
Kassotis said spills of wastewater could contaminate surface and
ground water.
In earlier research, this group found that water samples collected
from sites with documented fracking spills in Garfield County,
Colorado, had moderate to high levels of EDC activity that mimicked or
blocked the effects of the female hormones (estrogens) and the male
hormones (androgens) in human cells. However, water in areas away from
these gas-drilling sites showed little EDC activity on these two
reproductive hormones.
The new study extended the analysis to learn whether high-use fracking
chemicals changed other key hormone receptors besides the estrogen and
androgen receptors. (Receptors are proteins in cells that the hormone
binds to in order to perform its function.) Specifically, the
researchers also looked at the receptor for a female reproductive
hormone, progesterone, as well as those for glucocorticoida hormone
important to the immune system, which also plays a role in
reproduction and fertilityand for thyroid hormone. The latter hormone
helps control metabolism, normal brain development and other functions
needed for good health.
Among 24 common fracking chemicals that Kassotis and his colleagues
repeatedly tested for EDC activity in human cells, 20 blocked the
estrogen receptor, preventing estrogen from binding to the receptor
and being able to have its natural biological response, he reported.
In addition, 17 chemicals inhibited the androgen receptor, 10 hindered
the progesterone receptor, 10 blocked the glucocorticoid receptor and
7 inhibited the thyroid hormone receptor.
Kassotis cautioned that they have not measured these chemicals in
local water samples, and it is likely that the high chemical
concentrations tested would not show up in drinking water near
drilling. However, he said mixtures of these chemicals act together to
make their hormone-disrupting effects worse than any one chemical
alone, and tested drinking water normally contains mixtures of EDCs.
"We don't know what the adverse health consequences might be in humans
and animals exposed to these chemicals," Kassotis said, "but infants
and children would be most vulnerable because they are smaller, and
infants lack the ability to break down these chemicals."
This study received funding from the Passport Foundation Science
Innovation Fund, the University of Missouri, and from the
Environmental Protection Agency, through a STAR predoctoral fellowship
awarded to Kassotis.
Founded in 1916, the Endocrine Society is the world's oldest, largest
and most active organization devoted to research on hormones and the
clinical practice of endocrinology. Today, the Endocrine Society's
membership consists of over 17,000 scientists, physicians, educators,
nurses and students in more than 100 countries. Society members
represent all basic, applied and clinical interests in endocrinology.
The Endocrine Society is based in Washington, DC. To learn more about
the Society and the field of endocrinology, visit our site at
http://www.endocrine.org. Follow us on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/#!/EndoMedia. - See more at:
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2014/06/hormone-disrupting-activity-of-fracking.html#sthash.NCbB89B4.dpuf
My mother used soapy water and I would blast off like a rocket ship.
There would be *some* natural gas, but everything else was crap.
Hormone-disrupting activity of fracking chemicals worse than initially
found
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2014/06/hormone-disrupting-activity-of-fracking.html
- See more at:
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2014/06/hormone-disrupting-activity-of-fracking.html#sthash.NCbB89B4.dpuf
Many chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, can disrupt
not only the human body's reproductive hormones but also the
glucocorticoid and thyroid hormone receptors, which are necessary to
maintain good health, a new study finds. The results were presented
Monday at the joint meeting of the International Society of
Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago.
"Among the chemicals that the fracking industry has reported using
most often, all 24 that we have tested block the activity of one or
more important hormone receptors," said the study's presenting author,
Christopher Kassotis, a PhD student at the University of Missouri,
Columbia. "The high levels of hormone disruption by
endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that we measured, have been
associated with many poor health outcomes, such as infertility, cancer
and birth defects."
Hydraulic fracturing is the process of injecting numerous chemicals
and millions of gallons of water deep underground under high pressure
to fracture hard rock and release trapped natural gas and oil.
Kassotis said spills of wastewater could contaminate surface and
ground water.
In earlier research, this group found that water samples collected
from sites with documented fracking spills in Garfield County,
Colorado, had moderate to high levels of EDC activity that mimicked or
blocked the effects of the female hormones (estrogens) and the male
hormones (androgens) in human cells. However, water in areas away from
these gas-drilling sites showed little EDC activity on these two
reproductive hormones.
The new study extended the analysis to learn whether high-use fracking
chemicals changed other key hormone receptors besides the estrogen and
androgen receptors. (Receptors are proteins in cells that the hormone
binds to in order to perform its function.) Specifically, the
researchers also looked at the receptor for a female reproductive
hormone, progesterone, as well as those for glucocorticoida hormone
important to the immune system, which also plays a role in
reproduction and fertilityand for thyroid hormone. The latter hormone
helps control metabolism, normal brain development and other functions
needed for good health.
Among 24 common fracking chemicals that Kassotis and his colleagues
repeatedly tested for EDC activity in human cells, 20 blocked the
estrogen receptor, preventing estrogen from binding to the receptor
and being able to have its natural biological response, he reported.
In addition, 17 chemicals inhibited the androgen receptor, 10 hindered
the progesterone receptor, 10 blocked the glucocorticoid receptor and
7 inhibited the thyroid hormone receptor.
Kassotis cautioned that they have not measured these chemicals in
local water samples, and it is likely that the high chemical
concentrations tested would not show up in drinking water near
drilling. However, he said mixtures of these chemicals act together to
make their hormone-disrupting effects worse than any one chemical
alone, and tested drinking water normally contains mixtures of EDCs.
"We don't know what the adverse health consequences might be in humans
and animals exposed to these chemicals," Kassotis said, "but infants
and children would be most vulnerable because they are smaller, and
infants lack the ability to break down these chemicals."
This study received funding from the Passport Foundation Science
Innovation Fund, the University of Missouri, and from the
Environmental Protection Agency, through a STAR predoctoral fellowship
awarded to Kassotis.
Founded in 1916, the Endocrine Society is the world's oldest, largest
and most active organization devoted to research on hormones and the
clinical practice of endocrinology. Today, the Endocrine Society's
membership consists of over 17,000 scientists, physicians, educators,
nurses and students in more than 100 countries. Society members
represent all basic, applied and clinical interests in endocrinology.
The Endocrine Society is based in Washington, DC. To learn more about
the Society and the field of endocrinology, visit our site at
http://www.endocrine.org. Follow us on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/#!/EndoMedia. - See more at:
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2014/06/hormone-disrupting-activity-of-fracking.html#sthash.NCbB89B4.dpuf