Chemical contaminants responsible for the hardening of the arteries

Swedish study showed for the first time a relationship between chemical pollutants found in our surroundings and atherosclerosis, which may lead to diseases of the heart and arteries.
It is known that some pollutants such as dioxins, pesticides, PCBs accumulate in fatty tissues and along the inner walls of the arteries.
But this study, published in the American Journal "Anvairmantal Bersbictevz Health" is the first of its kind to indicate a relationship between exposure to this type of pollutants and the risk of atherosclerosis.
Research and spent a thousand, which included living in the Swedish city of Uppsala (SE) measured the ratio of these pollutants in their blood and assess the state of their arteries by ultrasound ..
The study authors noted that people who have observed the highest rates of contaminants in the blood arteries are more rigid, and have the largest number of indicators of Petkds fat on the inside walls of arteries.
Said Monica Lindh Professor of the Institute of Environmental Medicine "Karolinska Aanstetct" in Stockholm "A lot of this material is prohibited today in Sweden and in several countries in the world but is still present in our environment due to the very long duration of her life" .. She added, "we consume these contaminants with the food we eat and as we rise per store in our bodies as we age