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Comments (24)Insecticides and fungicides may be dangerous in different ways. That does not necessarly mean that one is less toxic than the other (in the long run). Some pesticide problems may not show up for many years and in a way unexpected such that that "route" was never tested for. The following recent research scientific paper is just one example of "the unexected/not tested". Title: Combined exposure to endocrine disrupting pesticides impairs parturition, causes pup mortality and affects sexual differentiation in rats Authors: P. R. Jacobsen, S. Christiansen, J. Boberg, C. Nellemann and U. Hass Authors affiliation: Department of Toxicology and Risk Assessment, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark Published in: International Journal of Andrology, volume 33, pages 434��"442, (2010). ABSTRACT: "Risk assessment is currently based on the no observed adverse effect levels (NOAELs) for single compounds. Humans are exposed to a mixture of chemicals and recent studies in our laboratory have shown that combined exposure to endocrine disrupters can cause adverse effects on male sexual development, even though the doses of the single compounds are below their individual NOAELs for anti-androgenic effects. Consequently, we have initiated a large project where the purpose is to study mixture effects of endocrine disrupting pesticides at low doses. In the initial range-finding mixture studies, rats were gavaged during gestation and lactation with five doses of a mixture of the fungicides procymidone, mancozeb, epoxyconazole, tebuconazole and prochloraz. The mixture ratio was chosen according to the doses of each individual pesticide that produced no observable effects on pregnancy length and pup survival in our laboratory and the dose levels used ranged from 25 to 100% of this mixture. All dose levels caused increased gestation length and dose levels above 25% caused impaired parturition leading to markedly decreased number of live born offspring and high pup perinatal mortality. The sexual differentiation of the pups was affected at 25% and higher as anogenital distance was affected in both male and female offspring at birth and the male offspring exhibited malformations of the genital tubercle, increased nipple retention, and decreased prostate and epididymis weights at pup day 13. The results show that doses of endocrine disrupting pesticides, which appear to induce no effects on gestation length, parturition and pup mortality when judged on their own, induced marked adverse effects on these endpoints in concert with other pesticides. In addition, the sexual differentiation of the offspring was affected. This as well as the predictability of the combination effects based on dose-additivity modelling will be studied further in a large dose-response study." -------------------------------------------- The first part of the INTRODUCTION SECTION of the full paper may be of interest: "Animal laboratory experiments have shown that in utero exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) including some pesticides can cause adverse effects on male reproductive development (Foster, 2006; Gray et al., 2006; Hass et al., 2007; Metzdorff et al., 2007; Christiansen et al., 2008). Individual pesticides alone have so far not been shown to contribute to adverse human effects at relevant exposure levels. However, some studies indicate increased prevalence of cryptorchidism and decreased penile length in sons of women working as gardeners or Many EDCs have been found as mixtures in humans (Blount et al., 2000; Swan et al., 2005), including children (Brock et al., 2002; Swan et al., 2005; Main et al., 2006). Damgaard et al. (2006) observed an association between congenital cryptorchidism and the levels of certain organochlorine pesticides in mothers’ milk (Damgaard et al., 2006). Earlier, Pierik et al. (2004) identified paternal exposures to pesticides and smoking as factors associated with these congenital malformations. These initial observations in epidemiological studies points in the same direction as laboratory experiments with oestrogenic or anti-androgenic chemicals in which substantial mixture effects occurred even though each individual chemical was present at low, ineffective doses (Rajapakse et al., 2002; Silva et al., 2002; Hass et al., 2007; Metzdorff et al., 2007; Christiansen et al., 2008, 2009). Some pesticides such as vinclozolin and procymidone antagonize competitively the androgen receptor (AR) binding of androgens and affect mainly the reproductive development in male offspring (Kelce et al., 1997; Ostby et al., 1999). Other pesticides such as mancozeb and propineb act mainly via disruption of the thyroid hormones and are mainly suspected to disrupt brain development (Hurley, 1998; Hass & Axelstad, Personal Communication). Our detailed research on prochloraz, combined with studies on other azole fungicides such as tebuconazole and epoxyconazole, indicates that these pesticides have the ability to react through several endocrine disrupting mechanisms, and to induce various endocrine disrupting effects (Vinggaard et al., 2005a,b; Taxvig et al., 2007). We have shown that prochloraz induced anti-androgenic effects in rats in vivo in a Hershberger test as well as in a developmental toxicity study (Vinggaard et al., 2002, 2005a). In addition, our studies show that prochloraz increases gestation length and indicate that prochloraz may also affect thyroid hormone levels and cause effects on the sexually dimorphic development of the brain (Vinggaard et al., 2002, 2005a). Both tebuconazole and epoxyconazole increase gestation length and pup mortality and furthermore, these pesticides virilise female pups, and affect steroid hormone levels in foetuses and ⁄ or dams (Taxvig et al., 2007)."...See MoreDo you wear low cut swim wear up top?
Comments (28)Thank you. :) You're probably right eld. I overthink things sometimes. I always have to remind myself to just stop planning and do at some point. I bought a colourful coverup yesterday and will look for a high necked sleeveless swim top to go under my tankini. Hopefully I won't have your problem daisychain, with riding up, as mine isn't tightly fitted. We have confronted BIL at various times and the usual remorse and empty promises occur. Hopeless cause I'm afraid. It would be nice if no alcohol were in the summer mix, but that isn't fair to all those who can handle it. I will try the deadpan stare and walk away though, thanks for that suggestion! He might not see it through his alcohol haze and probably will still think he's hilarious. He's pretty thickheaded. People used to laugh with him, which I found astonishing, but not so much anymore....See MoreDo you wear a hat?
Comments (39)I wear a visor since I found out that cataracts are caused by the sun and I'm starting to get one in my right eye. Gotta get new sunglasses that allow me to see the ground better. I also learned from experience that floral hats and the color yellow attract bees and other insects. I wear glittery visors and glittery t shirts that seem to keep the bugs away (except for the gnats). Can't wear hats because they are too hot for me but a bug net with a visor under it to keep it off my face are often needed for those horrible daytime mosquitoes. What we do in order to garden!...See MoreHelp! My house wears a hat!
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2 months agoI can't wear cheap sunglasses. The cheap lens's make me ....well....vomit. They give you a headache. I have to wear optical grade sunglasses. Then my head is small, so I can wear a youths size, so they don't slip. I also wear a croakie eyewear retainer. I collect hats. I have one from each ski town, Vail/Aspen/Breckenridge. Then I have mesh hats for running. Floppy one for hiking. Straw one for laying in a chaise lounge. I also wear bandanas under them, especially if I'm gardening. I have balaclavas or infinity scarfs for winter....baggie ones....that drape...let air in....and yes one fur hat!
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petalique
2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoI have to wear polarizing lenses for suns. One brand is inexp and can fit over eyeglasses.
I cannot wear suns when garening bc I need a lot of light to see.
I’ve lost or misplaced some of my best hats. Now, I write my initials and a phone # inside.
One of my very fave cotton brimmed hats was from a Marshall like store 14 years ago For $14. It fit perfectly, the brim was not short and not too wide. It was black and had an Addidas logo in white on the front. It could have had a photo of rat scat, I just liked the fit and the brim. I got compliments on it — okay, from guy hitting on me, but still….
I have the hat but it has faded unevenly in an unattractive way, greenish undertones. I should have kept it for ”Sunday Best” but loved it so much so wore it outside for yard work. It’s been sprayed with DEET and permethrin so often (brim under) that it’s almost 95% big chemical company. It looks horrible.
I’ve looked all over for a replacement. I’d pay $50, maybe more. I’ve looked online. Addidas has now changed the hat to have either a 3” brim (too wide by an inch) or a narrower brim (1.5”?). And, as a bonus, they make it ”One Size Fits Hardly Anybody.”
Made in the big C China, like most other things and about $35. Ain’t gonna do it.
I’ve considered making my own, but I think to do that well, I’d need Lars to visit. Maybe I can find a good seamstess, sewy person to duplicate it. The brim cannot be floppy.
Dark blue or black preferred. I’d better hurry and find one before they add that godawful spandex to every squard yard of cotton or twill.
Anyone here got a new or used 14 year old Addida cotton full brimmed hat they care to sell or trade?
The one below — brim is about .5” too short/narrow. Comes in only one sze — fat head sized ;(
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Lars
2 months agoThis is my favorite hat:
It is from the Ivory Coast and is very comfortable. The air space on top keeps my head cool, and it is not too stiff. I once walked past someone on the street in Palm Springs who asked me if I knew which tribe had made this hat because he had been to The Ivory Coast and knew more about my hat than I did.
Here's another hat that I made myself
but it is just for decoration and it open on top. I only wear it on special occasions.
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