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Pesticide DDT linked to slow metabolism, obesity and diabetes, mouse study finds
Date: July 30, 2014
Source: University of California - Davis
Summary:
A new study in mice is the first to show that developmental exposure to DDT increases the risk of females later developing metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of conditions that include increased body fat, blood glucose, and cholesterol...
Journal Reference:
Michele La Merrill, Emma Karey, Erin Moshier, Claudia Lindtner, Michael R. La Frano, John W. Newman, Christoph Buettner. Perinatal Exposure of Mice to the Pesticide DDT Impairs Energy Expenditure and Metabolism in Adult Female Offspring. PLoS ONE, July 30, 2014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103337
Date: July 30, 2014
Source: University of California - Davis
Summary:
A new study in mice is the first to show that developmental exposure to DDT increases the risk of females later developing metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of conditions that include increased body fat, blood glucose, and cholesterol...
Journal Reference:
Michele La Merrill, Emma Karey, Erin Moshier, Claudia Lindtner, Michael R. La Frano, John W. Newman, Christoph Buettner. Perinatal Exposure of Mice to the Pesticide DDT Impairs Energy Expenditure and Metabolism in Adult Female Offspring. PLoS ONE, July 30, 2014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103337