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Environmental Causes of Cancer

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GOVERNMENT PANELS CONCERNED OVER POTENTIAL FOR MOST COMMON CAUSES OF CANCER?

 We need to wake up and look around us.  The sheer mass of 80,000 chemicals we are exposed to is of unpredictable harm in our risk of cancer.  Rest assured that these contaminants are probably one of the single greatest contributors to all types of cancer.  Even more fearful is our CHILDREN’S exposure.  Think about everything in your daily life: pesticides in fruits / veggies, particulate matter in the air, flame retardants, insecticides, plastics, Styrofoam, processed foods, preservatives, weed killers…the list is endless.  It is an easy matter to begin looking at your life and cutting your exposure as much as possible.  Pregnant women even more so.  I recently asked a pest-control company person about the chemicals in her products and she assured me that the FDA has approved these compounds.  Really?  Like BPA that they are now saying is toxic????

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Environmental toxins can have their negative effects by inhibiting the methylation of DNA – (04-08-04)

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Activation of methionine synthase by insulin-like growth factor-1 and dopamine: a target for neurodevelopmental toxins and thimerosal

For those of us that are not biochemists and our eyes glazed over at the title to this one–basically, environmental toxins can have their negative effects by inhibiting the methylation of DNA. Remember that methylation reactions are incredibly important and effect such a basic role in human physiology. Thus, problems with methylation can lead to problems in many organ systems.

In this study, the authors found that environmental toxins such as mercury-containing thimerosal inhibit DNA methylation. For the life of me, I cannot see how anyone in the pharmaceutical industry could have even considered the use of mercury as a preservative. I can see it now…”I need something to extend the shelf live of this vaccine so we can make a larger profit on vaccines given to infants. Hey–how about that potent neurotoxin mercury?”

Activation of methionine synthase by insulin-like growth factor-1 and dopamine: a target for neurodevelopmental toxins and thimerosal.

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