currentsinbiology:Common flame retardant chemical disrupts a hormone that is essential to life Bromi
currentsinbiology:Common flame retardant chemical disrupts a hormone that is essential to life Brominated fire retardants, used in many consumer products and known to cause hormonal irregularities, overstimulates an adrenal gland hormone in a way that may lead to the development of cardiovascular disease, new research in human cells finds. Researchers will present their study results Saturday at the Endocrine Society’s 98th annual meeting in Boston. Cells exposed to the PBDE showed elevated secretion, or release, of aldosterone from the cell. Too much secretion of this hormone typically results in an elevated level of aldosterone in the blood. Past research, Kopf said, shows the elevating circulating aldosterone levels are associated with high blood pressure, blood clot formation, thickening of the heart muscle (called cardiac hypertrophy) and congestive heart failure. -- source link
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