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July 14th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda FRIDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) — Chemicals in beauty and
personal care products may boost women’s risk of diabetes, a new study
suggests, although the authors cautioned that the finding is far from
conclusive.
Researchers found that elevated concentrations of chemicals called
phthalates in women’s bodies are associated with an increased chance of
developing diabetes. Phthalates are hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly
used in products such as soaps, nail polishes, hair sprays, perfumes and
moisturizers.
The chemicals are also used in a number of other consumer products,
such as electronics, toys and adhesives.
In this study, researchers analyzed concentrations of phthalates in the
urine of 2,350 women from across the United States. They found that women
with the highest levels of mono-benzyl phthalate and mono-isobutyl
phthalate were nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes as those with
the lowest levels of the two chemicals.
Women with higher-than-average levels of mono-(3-carboxypropyl)
phthalate had about a 60 percent increased risk of diabetes, and those
with moderately high levels of the chemicals mono-n-butyl phthalate and
di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate had about a 70 percent increased risk of
diabetes.
The study, published online July 13 in the journal Environmental
Health Perspectives, was led by Tamarra James-Todd, a researcher in
the division of women’s health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in
Boston.
“This is an important first step in exploring the connection between
phthalates and diabetes,” James-Todd said in a hospital news release. “We
know that in addition to being present in personal care products,
phthalates also exist in certain types of medical devices and medication
that is used to treat diabetes and this could also explain the higher
level of phthalates in diabetic women. So overall, more research is
needed.”
The researchers also cautioned that the women in the study
“self-reported” their diabetes, a less than ideal method of conducting
research. And while the study found a potential connection between
phthalates and diabetes in women, it did not prove a cause-and-effect
relationship.
More information
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more about phthalates and cosmetic products.
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