This could impact what we know about and how we treat disabling illnesses
like Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Fibromyalgia (FM) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME / CFS).
Not exact matches
Last summer, a panel of 38 researchers headed by vom Saal published a report in Reproductive Toxicology warning that BPA (much
like the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol, or DES) is a potential
chemical time bomb that may lead to
multiple problems, including a higher risk of cancer, especially if exposure occurs in the womb or an infant's early life and on an unrelenting daily basis.
Says Herbert, «We discussed the enormous number of
chemicals in our environment and how little we know about chronic, low - dose,
multiple exposures and their effect on diseases
like autism.
Women with conditions suggestive of environmental toxicity (
multiple chemical sensitivity, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmunity), known toxic exposures, or genetic polymorphisms
like MTHFR, may want to work with a functional medicine physician.
Sauna users who are very sensitive to smells (
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities) may want to consider a sauna made of white woods
like Basswood.
Symptoms
like brain fog,
multiple chemical sensitivities, depression, irritability and anxiety are related to impaired methylation, and as they are all too common in Hashimoto's, I designed the Liver Support Protocol (from my book Hashimoto's Protocol) to support the methylation pathways.
This is the lesson that can be gleaned from the meteoric rise of the young Buffalo - born artist Jacob Kassay, who beginning in 2010 saw his shiny monochrome canvases — made with a
chemical process that gives them a dirty - mirror -
like sheen — become the status symbol for emerging - art collections, leapfrogging past one auction estimate after another by wild
multiples.
Human alteration of environments produces
multiple effects, some advantageous to societies, such as enhanced food production, and some detrimental,
like environmental pollution with toxic
chemicals, excess nutrients and carbon emissions from fossil fuels, and the loss of wildlife and their habitats.
Plastic waster, soda, and juice bottles and other plastic utensils aren't made for
multiple uses and can break down, releasing
chemicals, especially in heat (
like the dishwasher) and cold, (
like the freezer).