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Hormones act in blood concentrations of 1E-12 [1]. This is by design, they act as triggers. When you consider hormones affect everything, from how and where yo
by irixusr 11y ago
Hormones act in blood concentrations of 1E-12 [1]. This is by design, they act as triggers.
When you consider hormones affect everything, from how and where you put weight, to sexuality, to behavior it's incredible how little thought lay people give to them and the endocrine system. (The Intercept has a very interesting 3 part series about an endocrine disruptor that DuPont splashed all over WV and Ohio causing thousands of cancers [2])
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_blood_components https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_blood_components
[2] https://theintercept.com/2015/08/11/dupont-chemistry-deception/ https://theintercept.com/2015/08/11/dupont-chemistry-decepti...