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A study, published in JAMA Neurology, showed patients with Alzheimer’s had four times the levels of DDT lingering in the body than healthy people. Some countries still use the pesticide to control malaria. Alzheimer’s Research UK said more evidence was needed to prove DDT had a role in dementia. DDT was a massively successful pesticide, initially used to control malaria at the end of World War Two and then to protect crops in commercial agriculture. However, there were questions about its impact on human health and wider environmental concerns, particularly for predators. It was banned in the US in 1972 and in many other countries. But the World Health Organization still recommends using DDT to keep malaria in check. DDT also lingers in the human body where it is broken down into DDE. The team at Rutgers University and Emory University tested levels of DDE in the blood of 86 people with Alzheimer’s disease and compared the results with 79 healthy people of a similar age and background. The results showed those with Alzheimer’s had 3.8 times the level of DDE. However, the picture is not clear-cut. Some healthy people had high levels of DDE while some with Alzheimer’s had low levels. Alzheimer’s also predates the use of DDT. The researchers believe the chemical is increasing the chance of Alzheimer’s and may be involved in the development of amyloid plaques in the brain, a hallmark of the disease, which contribute to the death of brain cells. Prof Allan Levey, the director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centre at Emory, said: “This is one of the first studies identifying a strong environmental risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. Read More: Here
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Opasni pesticid značajno povećava izglede za oboljenje od Alzheimera Pesticid DDT je nakon Drugog svjetskog rata masovno kotišten za kontrolu malarije a zatim i za zaštitu usjeva. Zbog sumnje u štetnost po zdravlje čovjeka i životinja zabranjen je u SAD 1972. godine a nakon toga i u drugim zemljama. Međutim Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija još ga preporučuje za zaustavljanje širenja malarije Izloženost nekad široko korištenom pesticidu DDT-u može povećati izglede za oboljenje od Alzheimerove bolesti, tvrde američki znanstvenici a prenosi BBC. Rezultati istraživanja objavljeni u časopisu Neurology pokazuju da su neki oboljeli od Alzheimerove bolesti imali četiri puta više ostataka DDT-a u tijelu nego zdrave osobe. DDT (diklor-difenil-trikloretan) se u ljudskom organizmu razgrađuje na DDE (diklor difenil dikloreten). Ekipa znanstvenika sa sveučilišta Rutgers i Emory testirala je razine DDE-a u krvi kod 86 osoba s Alzheimerovom bolesti i 79 zdravih osoba iste dobi i "socijalnog zaleđa". Britansko udruženje za istraživanje Alzheimerove bolesti smatra da bi trebalo imati više dokaza za tvrdnje da DDT potiče razvoj demencije. DDT je nakon Drugog svjetskog rata masovno kotišten za kontrolu malarije a zatim i za zaštitu usjeva. Zbog sumnje u štetnost po zdravlje čovjeka i životinja zabranjen je u SAD 1972. godine a nakon toga i u drugim zemljama. Međutim Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija još ga preporučuje za zaustavljanje širenja malarije. Hina