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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
In Southern Texas arsenic and other toxic metals have been detected in local groundwater, and these elements may also be ingested through foods and medicines.
"Environmental exposures have largely been neglected as drivers of the diabetes epidemic," said Margaret Weiss, an MD/PhD student at UIC and first author of the study.
"Unlike genetics, environments are modifiable.
"Environmental exposures have largely been neglected as drivers of the diabetes epidemic," said Margaret Weiss, an MD/PhD student at UIC and first author of the study.
"Unlike genetics, environments are modifiable.
Arsenic exposure linked to faster onset of diabetes in south Texas population
Multiyear study finds that high levels of toxic metals in urine are linked to high blood sugar.
www.sciencedaily.com
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