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Everything about Persistent Organic Pollutant totally explainedPersistent organic pollutants ( POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. Because of this, they've been observed to persist in the environment, to be capable of long-range transport, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue, biomagnify in food chains,: aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, and toxaphene.
Health concerns
Exposure to POPs can take place through diet, environmental exposure, or accidents. Individuals with elevated levels of persistent organic pollutants ( DDT, dioxins, PCBs and Chlordane, among others) in their body were found to be up to 38 times more likely to be insulin resistant than individuals with low levels of these pollutants, though the study didn't demonstrate a cause and effect relationship. According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, type 2 diabetes is on the list of presumptive diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange (which contained the POP dioxin) in the Vietnam War. See also
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