Currently, there is no study that directly tests whether propylene
glycol causes leaky gut and the inflammatory health problems caused by the leaky gut.
Not exact matches
The most likely
cause of the added risk is exposure to ethylene
glycol ethers, solvents used in etching circuit patterns on silicon wafers.
Nicotine and the other components of e-cigarette liquid (propylene
glycol and vegetable glycerin) did not
cause the same harmful effects in the cells.
Using liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (a process that separates complex mixtures and analyzes ingredients by measuring a weight - to - charge ratio), researchers compared the constituent chemicals in the food to standards for common molds, heavy metals and ethylene
glycol (or antifreeze, which Goldstein says is the number one
cause of kidney failure).
If ingested, the so called toxic alcohols (other than ethanol) such as methanol, propanol, and ethylene
glycol metabolize into toxic aldehydes and acids, which
cause potentially fatal metabolic acidosis.
There are a few case reports, including in the New England Journal of Medicine, when patients injected with psychiatric drugs containing propylene
glycol were shown to quickly develop acidosis that can
cause a coma and kidney failure.
But higher doses of propylene
glycol can acidify the blood, injure the kidneys, and
cause toxicity.
, propylene
glycol (can
cause extreme irritation for some individuals), and BHA and BHT (endocrine disruptors that have been linked to cancer).
Propylene
glycol has a less pleasant taste, is biodegradable and does not
cause the kidney damage like ethylene
glycol.
Your dog may seem to recover from the immediate symptoms after about 12 hours but the effects of the ethylene
glycol will continue to
cause serious damage to your dog's kidneys.
Antifreeze poisoning occurs in two stages: In the first stage, the ethylene
glycol in the antifreeze
causes a drunken appearance in the animal within about 30 minutes which may continue for several hours.
After that length of time, the liver will have already begun metabolizing the ethylene
glycol into substances that
cause kidney failure and ultimately death.
Ethylene
glycol poisoning
causes large amounts of oxalate to be produced in your pet's body.
An ingredient that is proven harmful in large doses, such as propylene
glycol — a synthetic ingredient used to add moisture — can
cause irritation and sometimes even organ toxicity in large amounts, but might still be approved by the FDA in very small doses.
If ingested, surface cleaners can
cause vomiting and diarrhea, or blistering and rashes if they come into contact with your pet's skin, due to common ingredients such as ammonia, chlorine,
glycol ethers and formaldehyde.
Automotive antifreeze tastes sweet, but contains ethylene
glycol, which can
cause rapid and permanent kidney damage, and can be deadly to your pet if ingested.
Common
causes of poisoning in a cat include eating mice that have been killed by poison, eating slug or snail bait, or drinking ethylene
glycol (antifreeze).
It is a member of a chemical family known as «
glycol ethers,» and some of the fears about 2 - BE may arise because its smaller siblings 2 - methoxyethanol and 2 - ethoxyethanol have been shown to
cause testicular degeneration.
Judge rules in Ecolab's favor On July 5, 2005, Magistrate Alonzo P. Wilson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana entered summary judgment in favor of Ecolab Inc. and dismissed the claims of two nurses who alleged that their exposure to fumes of an Ecolab institutional floor wax stripper containing
glycol ethers
caused their two babies to suffer from the fatal birth defect anencephaly.