The Science Stuff
The main reproductive hormone in women
Estrogen
Examples of what environmental estrogens are in
Tap water, food, plastic, cosmetics and soaps, receipts etc.
Breast cancer
What type of cancer does environmental estrogens cause?
Fat soluble
Environmental estrogens
Examples of what high estrogen can look like in men
Heart disease, lower sperm count, prostate cancer, muscle loss, fatigue etc.
High estrogen levels in women can cause
endocrine and metabolic disorders, reproductive toxicity, phenotypic abnormalities and neurobehavioral disorders (plus more)
First, environmental estrogens...
absorbed into the blood
What is one food that has high estrogens?
Meats, carbs, refined sugars, oils, fast food, etc.
_____changes in the fallopian tubes, and _____ changes of the uterus
cellular, structural
Missense and nonsense mutations
The type of mutation environmental estrogens cause in gene expression
67%
How many women note that there is gender inequality in our society before the age of 25?
Women face _______ in our health care system.
Gender inequalities
The regulatory site on the DNA is called...
estrogen-response element (ERE)
Allegators in estrogen polluted areas developed...
Two eggs and sometimes had more than one nucleus
70%
How many women have breast cancer due to environmental estrogens?