About My Major:

I m a researcher in the field of Environmental Chemistry, my research is related to what is called nowadays environmental hormone, due to wide applications of chlorinated hydrocarbons.
Recent studies show how these chlorinated hydrocarbons at low concentrations, were effecting hormonal and immunological systems. An analogy of a lock-and-key system was used to describe how these products act like hormones responsible for cell growth and differentiation; in a normal system, the lock(DNA) could be activated only at precise moments by a key (regulatory hormones). A false key, some of chlorinated hydrocarbons  could cause cells to grow and differentiate at the wrong times. This situation is devastating and can cause CANCER.  Many researches are being done to get rid of these harmful chemicals, and my reseacrh is related to this subject.

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