"Incidence Of Diabetes Influenced By Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals In the Environment" - Suzanne Bujara
Environmental causes may be contributing to the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Growing evidence suggests that endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as phthalates, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are causing people to develop T2D. Diabetes is the primary cause of blindness, kidney failure, and non-traumatic amputations in adult Americans. Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc, professor of environmental medicine and public health and dean for global health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai said, “My advice to clinicians who live in areas where arsenic is known to be a problem in drinking water, such as northern New England and the American Southwest, is that they become knowledgeable about the health hazards of arsenic and advise their patients to minimize or eliminate their consumption or arsenic-contaminated water.”
- Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc, Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Pediatrics, Dean for Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai