Chemicals as an emerging risk factor in developing type-2 diabetes: a short history
http://healthandenvironmentonline.com/2011/02/21/chemicals-and-diabetes-a-short-history/
http://healthandenvironmentonline.com/2011/02/21/chemicals-and-diabetes-a-short-history/
" obese persons that do not have elevated POPs are not at elevated risk of diabetes, suggesting that the POPs rather than the obesity per se is responsible for the association."
"Evidence is emerging that persistent organic pollutants, even at background levels in populations, act in conjunction with obesity to cause type-2 diabetes."