Chemical bisphenol will affect the genetics of people of many generations
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The negative influence that is currently exerted by the widely used industry-wide bisphenol A chemical, will imprint its imprint on the genetics of people in subsequent generations - such a disappointing conclusion the other day came the American researchers.
They analyzed the health of the order of several hundred newborn infants from clinics scattered throughout the United States, and the researchers found that the influence of bisphenol A during pregnancy in the genotype of their mothers has made significant changes. Such transformations alone will never pass. In other words, there were mutations of the genetic property, in the vast majority of cases, these mutations were of a negative nature, and only occasionally neutral in content.
Numerous studies have shown that the most common negative effect of bisphenol on the body of unborn babies is to increase anxiety, aggressive behavior and cognitive impairment throughout their later life.
The endocrine and, of course, nervous system is suffering. In some cases, the effects of bisphenol may cause memory problems, develop a mental disorder, increase the risk of heart and vascular disease, and much more. The danger of bisphenol A is that a person of modernity has practically no opportunity to avoid his impact. This chemical compound is contained in everything that surrounds us. Bisphenol A is used to create all, without exception, plastic bottles, all sorts of food containers, sealants in the field of dentistry and even check ribbons in stores.
"We now have irrefutable evidence that bisphenol becomes the cause of genetic mutations that affect the next few generations. With each new generation, negative transformations in the genotype will only worsen. We have seen how in the mice, under the influence of changes in the functions of neural expression, the patterns of communication in society change to a large extent. These transformations make them the most aggressive, reduce their thinking abilities, and create obstacles for them to act together in some situations. Most likely, the same thing, in the near future, expects humanity. Of course, everything that is customarily called "the point of no return" in this case has not yet been passed. And it is hardly possible to say anything here about the presence of any radical threat to the global existence of all mankind as a whole. However, the problem actually exists, and it only worsens with each passing day, "states Dr. Emilie Rissman of the Medical Center, located at the University of Virginia, USA.
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