<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The onset of human degenerative diseases in humans, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, neurodevelopmental disease and neurodegenerative disease has been shown to be related to exposures to persistent organic pollutants, including polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorinated pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and others, as well as to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates, bisphenol-A and other aromatic lipophilic species. The onset of these diseases has also been related to exposures to transition metal ions. A physiochemical mechanism for the onset of degenerative environmental disease dependent upon exposure to a combination of lipophilic aromatic hydrocarbons and transition metal ions is proposed here. The findings reported here also, for the first time, explain why aromatic hydrocarbons exhibit greater toxicity than aliphatic hydrocarbons of equal carbon numbers.</p></abstract>

The onset of human degenerative diseases in humans, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, neurodevelopmental disease and neurodegenerative disease has been shown to be related to exposures to persistent organic pollutants, including polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorinated pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and others, as well as to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates, bisphenol-A and other aromatic lipophilic species. The onset of these diseases has also been related to exposures to transition metal ions. A physiochemical mechanism for the onset of degenerative environmental disease dependent upon exposure to a combination of lipophilic aromatic hydrocarbons and transition metal ions is proposed here. The findings reported here also, for the first time, explain why aromatic hydrocarbons exhibit greater toxicity than aliphatic hydrocarbons of equal carbon numbers.

Physiochemical basis of human degenerative disease

Zeliger Research and Consulting, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

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The onset of human degenerative diseases in humans, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, neurodevelopmental disease and...

Physiochemical basis of human degenerative disease

Published Online: Dec 10, 2015

Page range: 15 - 21

Received: Jan 09, 2015

Accepted: Mar 17, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/intox-2015-0003

Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, cancer, degenerative environmental disease, diabetes, membrane permeability, toxicity mechanism

© 2015 Interdisciplinary Toxicology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Physiochemical basis of human degenerative disease

Published Online: Dec 10, 2015

Page range: 15 - 21

Received: Jan 09, 2015

Accepted: Mar 17, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/intox-2015-0003

KeywordsAlzheimer's disease, cancer, degenerative environmental disease, diabetes, membrane permeability, toxicity mechanism

© 2015 Interdisciplinary Toxicology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, cancer, degenerative environmental disease, diabetes, membrane permeability, toxicity mechanism