Toxicodynamics into awareness by Our Stolen Future by Theo Colborn. Endocrine disrupting chemicals are known to accumulate in body tissue and are highly persistent in the environment. Many toxicants are known EDCs including pesticides, phthalates, phytoestrogens, some industrial/commercial products, and pharmaceuticals. These chemicals are known to cause endocrine disruption via a few different mechanisms. While the mechanism associated with the thyroid hormone receptor is not well understood, two more established mechanisms involve the inhibition of the androgen receptor and activation of the estrogen receptor. Certain toxicants act as endocrine disruptors by interacting with the androgen receptor. DDE is one example of
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar as physiologic counterparts, influencing the associated endocrine glands with the neuroendocrine system and the psychic part of the body. The philosophy of "Ananda Marga" consider the human body as composed of the same five "fundamental factors" as the rest of the universe as explained in P.R. Sarkar's theory of "". Every factor is distributed throughout the body, but is controlled by a controlling nucleus, or "Chakra", substations of the mind, each controlling their own assigned area. And just as the mind functions directly through the brain, the "Chakras" function through their own physical counterparts – the endocrine glands. The biopsychology