{"id":2349,"date":"2016-01-19T23:19:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T23:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2017-06-21T16:25:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T16:25:18","slug":"recent-studies-link-chlordaneheptachlor-products-in-americans-blood-to-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/19\/recent-studies-link-chlordaneheptachlor-products-in-americans-blood-to-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Studies Link Chlordane\/Heptachlor Products in American&#8217;s Blood to Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/toxhouse.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/toxhouse-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"toxhouse\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/toxhouse-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/toxhouse.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program\u00a0 designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States conducted by\u00a0the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). \u00a0Since 1999, the survey became a continuous program that examines a nationally representative sample of about 5,000 persons each year. Findings from this survey have been used to determine the prevalence of major diseases and risk factors for diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple studies published in the last five years\u00a0using\u00a0levels of\u00a0metabolites of chlordane\/heptachlor in the blood of\u00a0Americans\u00a0(NHANES)(1999-2006) reported that higher concentrations of heptachlor epoxide and oxychlordane increase the risk of cognitive decline,<sup id=\"cite_ref-17\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0130623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[Full Article, PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> liver damage (liver enzymes),<sup id=\"cite_ref-18\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1186\/1476-069x-13-114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> peripheral arterial disease,<sup id=\"cite_ref-19\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.atherosclerosis.2011.04.044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> prostate cancer (trans-nonachlor),<sup id=\"cite_ref-20\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1289\/ehp.0900919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> type 2 diabetes,<sup id=\"cite_ref-21\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0010746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-22\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1289\/ehp.0901480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> and obesity ( waist circumference).<sup id=\"cite_ref-23\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3390\/ijerph7072988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In other large epidemiological surveys, higher levels of oxychlordane in both blood and adipose increased the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma,<sup id=\"cite_ref-24\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/ijc.23005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-25\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1242012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> and likewise higher concentrations of heptachlor epoxide in brain tissues increase the risk of Parkinson diseases.<sup id=\"cite_ref-26\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/21\/midlife-milk-consumption-and-substantia-nigra-neuron-density-at-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">PDF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Dont I Know More About This - Chlordane in Air of Homes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h_scuCl3I0w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Additional Information on Sampling, Analysis and \u00a0Health Effects See video:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toxfree.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> www.toxfree.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Richard A. Cassidy&#8217;s Email: racassidy@psci.net \u00a0Phone: 812-719-1163<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program\u00a0 designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States conducted by\u00a0the Centers for Disease Control and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/19\/recent-studies-link-chlordaneheptachlor-products-in-americans-blood-to-diseases\/'>Read the Post<span class='screen-reader-text'>Recent Studies Link Chlordane\/Heptachlor Products in American&#8217;s Blood to Diseases<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,28,27,12,17,29,32,23,26,33,30,31],"class_list":["post","publish","author-rcassidy","post-2349","format-standard","category-uncategorized","post_tag-chlordane","post_tag-cognitive-decline","post_tag-cyclodienes","post_tag-diabetes","post_tag-heptachlor","post_tag-liver-disease","post_tag-lymphoma","post_tag-obesity","post_tag-oxychlordane","post_tag-parkinson-disease","post_tag-peripheral-arterial-disease","post_tag-prostate-cancer","excerpt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2359,"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions\/2359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toxfree.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}