Study Links Low-Dose Exposure to Persistent Chemicals and Type 2 Diabetes

摘要

A study published in the September 2010 issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives links low-dose exposure to some persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including the organochlorine insecticides trans-nonachlor, oxychlordane and mir-ex, with type 2 diabetes. However, POPs did not show a traditional dose-response relationship with diabetes. Instead, POPs showed strong associations at relatively low exposures. The authors conclude that exposure to relatively low concentrations of certain POPs may play a role in the increased incidence of diabetes in the U.S.