Tag: toxins

      Common Chemicals Threaten Vaccine Effectiveness

      January 26, 2012 /

      Chemicals can make vaccines less effective in children.

      Environmental pollutants such as PFCs have been used in nonstick coatings, stain-resistant fabrics and some food packaging for decades and have been detected in blood tests of children.

      Normally, a vaccine causes the production of lots of antibodies to a specific germ. But Grandjean says the response to tetanus and diphtheria vaccines was much weaker in 5-year-olds whose blood contained relatively high levels of PFCs.

      “We found that the higher the exposure, the less capable the kids were in terms of responding appropriately to the vaccine,” Grandjean says. The results raise the possibility that “the immune system is not really developing optimally.”

      Quality Control, Research, Wellness

      Can Deodorant Cause Breast Cancer?

      January 18, 2012 /

      Women have been alerted to concerns that certain ingredients in under arm deodorant may be a cause of breast cancer.

      The new study does not prove that personal care products cause breast cancer. But “the fact that parabens were present in so many of the breast tissue samples does justify further investigation,” said Philippa Darbre, PhD, of University of Reading in the U.K., in a news release.

      “Although the environmental exposure to parabens as a cause of breast cancer is a possibility, there is no conclusive data thus far to state this as fact,” says Katherine B. Lee, MD, in an email. She is a breast specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Breast Center in Ohio. “The study suggests that if there is a relationship between parabens and breast cancer, it may be a complex one.”

      While there is no direct link between deodorant and breast cancer, eliminating toxic exposure would benefit your health.

      Quality Control, Research, Wellness

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