Endocrine Disruptors Affecting Young Girls

It is nearly impossible to comprehend that products and items that we as a society use everyday can create such a catastrophe with our bodies that cancer, autism, and even the reproductive system is affected by these monsters. Even though there are thousands of chemicals that can harm our society, BPA is looked at as one of the ugliest monsters out there today.

Teenage girls are taught that they should be unhappy with their bodies and to fix their imperfections, and but a lot of makeup to hide all of it. I don’t mean to bring down all women who wear it, I mean I wear some every time I go to school, but that’s because I hide behind that mask to actually be noticed and liked by people. I am sad to say that I also am influenced by the idea of having to look a certain way. 13 year old girls need to realize sometimes it’s okay to go out without makeup on, and just be you instead of being someone you clearly aren’t. You don’t want to grow up and miss out your

is a difficult chemical to escape -- it's in so many plastic products from water bottles and sippy cups to contact lenses and toys. Controversial studies linking BPA to health risks, particularly reproductive risks, prompted companies to go the "BPA-free" route. But new research from the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) Health Sciences says not so fast: BPS (Bisphenol S), a replacement for BPA that technically makes products BPA-free, is probably not safe either.

There are a lot of problems with using plastic water bottles. One of those problems is Bisphenol A (BPA). A lot of health problems have been heavily linked to BPA, including brain problems, premature birth, less fertility in women, defects in newborn babies, and some types of cancer. There was a study which showed that 96% of women had BPA in their bodies. Water bottles also have phthalates. Phthalates are used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which makes bottles more flexible. However, it does harm to the human body. PVC has a chemical called dioxin, which disrupts the human reproductive system, as well as messing up the hormones of the endocrine system.

Recent studies have shown evidence of hormone disrupting chemicals already present in children's bodies. Researchers found that these chemicals can lead to disorders or even cancer.

Once you open your eyes to it, it’s everywhere, from the Tupperware you eat out, the cans that your food is packaged in, to the helmets you put on your head and the laptop that you’re using. BPA has been used as a plastic hardener for the past 40 years now and is now deeply engrained in our products of modern consumer society. Although it’s children and unborn babies that are the most affected by this toxic chemical, adults are not exempt form

More than 90% of us have BPA in our bodies right now. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a harmful chemical used to manufacture most plastics and cans. It is also found in most water bottles and baby formulas. Although many people use processed goods daily, they have very harmful chemicals in them such as BPA. BPA can lead to many major health issues such as problems in the central nervous system, cardiovascular disease, and even cancer.

During adolescence, kids go through significant transformations to achieve maturity. Likewise, body image is discovered at a very young age and many kids can be dissatisfied with their own body. In the past years the media has focused its attention on creating beauty products for the youth. Many believe that this is wrong due to the idea of minors acting too old for their age. Advertisers seek for attention from the youth to suck them in at a young age and for a long time. According to Sutter health, marketers have found success in advertising to kids, children ages 12 and under convince their parents to spend more than $500 million a year. Kids are pressured into buying these beauty products because they want to fit in with society, thats mostly molded by the media. Most kids look up to celebrity peers, often following their footsteps. Often times, these celebrity peers are viewed as the most beautiful in their age group. They think that whatever famous people do, they should do too. Kids change the way they dress, style themselves and sometimes even how they act. These so called “role models” are most of the time presented as sexual. Almost always, these celebrities have their own stylist and are photoshopped. Even the most beautiful of the younger celebrities, are not beautiful enough. The media doesn't limit itself with only reaching out to adults, but now also reaches out to

There are scientific concerns about the exposure of BPA has risen in the last few years. THere are a few cities and states in the United States who have banned BPA since they found it in baby bottles. LIttle is known wheather or not BPA really effects peoples babies. THere has been scientific studies on wrine leavles to find out if BPA has an effect on humans.

In 1959, Barbie was created and sent the world, including every little girl, into a frenzy (Unknown). Barbie was the new thing; she was beautiful, blonde, and seemingly perfect. Children and parents even to this day both want to be just like the blonde haired, blue-eyed bombshell. It is obvious people will go through whatever measures to be plastic just like her. An overwhelming amount of Americans teens are choosing to change their appearance to fit into a highly unrealistic and unattainable standard of beauty that was created and forced upon us by our physically obsessed culture. There is no doubt that teens feel an enormous pressure to look “beautiful” and feel obligated to do whatever necessary to reach “perfection.” Contrary to what many believe, American teens, like most teens around the world, are actually falling out of the cosmetic epidemic. Even though surgery numbers are still high, the total numbers have actually reduced over recent years. Nonetheless, teens still seek perfection from the heavy burden placed on their shoulders by the media, peers, and, in rare cases, even parents.

Estrogen is a steroid hormone which plays a crucial role in growth and maturation of both sexes. In the female reproductive system, estrogen targets tissues such as mammary glands, uterus, and ovaries. Bone formation has a significant positive relationship with estrogen from puberty to maturation and beyond (Clark et al., 1992). Post puberty estrogen is mainly synthesized and released from the ovaries in females. Through binding proteins or estrogen receptors (ER) found within the nucleus, estrogen is retained and affects specific target tissues throughout the body. Binding of estrogen to its receptor causes conformational change which in turn allows binding to chromatin and proceed with transcription of specific target genes (Murdoch

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that can interfere with our endocrine system in our bodies. These chemicals can mimic hormones that occur naturally and can create sever health issues, parental and postnatal development problems for children and can endanger us and wildlife. Endocrine disruptors bind to cells and therefore does not allow the natural hormone to bind properly to the cell. The hormone’s signal cannot occur which means that the body is not able to respond to the signal. They can also prevent the making and the control of the hormones and their receptors by changing their metabolism.

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that may meddle with the body's endocrine system and deliver unfavorable formative, conceptive, neurological, and invulnerable impacts in the two people and natural life. Natural and manmade substances cause endocrine disruption such as dioxin-like compounds and other pesticides. Plastic bottles, laundry detergents, soap detergents, metal canned foods and a few other products may contain endocrine disruptors. What endocrine disruptors do is imitate the normally happening hormones inside the body such as androgens, estrogens and thyroid hormones causing them to over stimulate. While doing some research of my own on endocrine disruptors I found an article that talks about endocrine disruptors causing weight

During recent years, numerous newspaper and magazine articles have suggested that humans may be at risk because small amounts of well known environmental contaminants, such as dioxin, PCBs and DDT, can affect hormone levels. Hormones are produced by the endocrine system as regulators of biological function in target organs. Because hormones play a critical role in early development, toxicological effects on the endocrine system often have an impact on the reproductive system. The term endocrine disruptor is used to describe chemicals that can mimic hormones and may either enhance or counteract their effects. It has been suggested that these hormone changes can, in turn, lead to a variety of health problems

Imagine you are at home, watching tv. Flipping through the channels, you see a preview for next week’s episode of Toddlers & Tiara’s. They show the girls dressed in frilly, sparkly attire, fake teeth, fake hair, fake tans, and makeup that could transform their faces into someone in their 20’s. These children are usually misbehaving, disobedient, overdramatic and they are between the ages of four and six. Any person could see that this lifestyle is incredibly harmful to these children not just because of what it does to their appearance, but what happens when these little girls’ minds become tainted with the thoughts of needing to be beautiful and talented in order for people to like them. They also learn that being beautiful