Showing posts with label environmental contaminants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environmental contaminants. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Green School Cleaners Emit Fewer Air Pollutants
Cleaning supplies used in 13 large California school districts release an airborne brew of chemicals, including a number that have been linked to asthma or cancer by state and federal health authorities. Tests of 21 cleaners from these schools conducted for the Environmental Working Group found that when used as directed, the products released six chemicals known to cause asthma, 11 contaminants that are known... Click here to read full article.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
H2S and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
H2S and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: "This just published study has indentified the upregulation of CBS and H2S from colonic bacteria as important signallers in visceral hypersensitivity associated with irritable bowel syndrome in a rat model. CBS plays an important role in the removal of homocysteine and synthesis of cysteine, a precursor of glutathione. DRG CBS-producing neurons are positive for TRPV1 and P2X3R establishing a role"
Nitrosamines and PGC-1a
Nitrosamines and PGC-1a: "PGC-1a is an important component for the detoxification of nitrosamines. Excess levels can lead to enhanced toxicity. A recent study shows nitrosamine increases oxidative and nitrosative stress and elevates inflammatory mediators including Tnf-a , MCP-1 and Il-1 by activation of microglia and astrocytes resulting in neuronal damage. Nitrosamines are chemical compounds which are produced from"
Saturday, September 5, 2009
HEIRS_EI: Government: FDA: Yes, lots of lipsticks contain lead http://bit.ly/4BjOa
Government: FDA: Yes, lots of lipsticks contain lead http://bit.ly/4BjOa"
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