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Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Nearly every day we are being flooded with stories on TV and in newspapers about various chemical disasters. A tidal wave of poisonous mud buries entire villages in Hungary. Contaminated plots of land are detected and chemicals are dumped around in the open countryside. The industry sends huge quantities of toxic waste water and toxic smoke out into the environment, thus causing harmful damage to humans and animals. Certain fish are no longer edible due to heavy metals contamination. Even polar bears, living so far away from civilization, are exposed to chemicals and pollution via their food, thus developing deformed genital organs. The air is thick with pollution, and we incinerate fossil fuels in increasing quantities. We have gradually developed ”immunity” to all these gruesome stories. The madness goes on, driven by man’s tendency toward greediness.

In the 1950s, the consumption of chemicals exploded; it became trendy to produce food additives, chemicals, detergents to ease housewives daily chores, and personal care products full of chemicals, etc. The result of this development is that today over 100,000 different chemicals are constantly circulating in the environment, and we do not yet know the impact of the vast majority of these chemicals on the human organism. Yet, today the cocktail effect of chemicals is being gradually discussed. A number of various chemicals together are much more harmful than single isolated chemicals. However, the motivation to investigate into this problem is not particularly high. A number of chemicals have a hormone-like-effect thus resulting in presexual maturity, childlessness, etc. It is a known fact that some chemicals are cancer-producing, but even this fact is being ignored to a large extent.Farmers spray increasingly more aggressively with a huge number of various pesticides – substances designed to kill living organisms: pests, weeds, and fungi. It is a known fact that these pesticides certainly seep down into the groundwater. But what is being done about it? Oh yes, limit values are set forth on how much pollution is allowed in our drinking water. Limit values are set for how much toxic waste our food may contain. That is indeed sheer madness. Without protest, we accept eating, drinking and breathing in toxic waste. If pesticides are designed to kill living organisms, what makes us believe that these harmful chemicals are harmless to humans?Nearly every day we are being flooded with stories on TV and in newspapers about various chemical disasters. A tidal wave of poisonous mud buries entire villages in Hungary. Contaminated plots of land are detected and chemicals are dumped around in the open countryside. The industry sends huge quantities of toxic waste water and toxic smoke out into the environment, thus causing harmful damage to humans and animals. Certain fish are no longer edible due to heavy metals contamination. Even polar bears, living so far away from civilization, are exposed to chemicals and pollution via their food, thus developing deformed genital organs. The air is thick with pollution, and we incinerate fossil fuels in increasing quantities. We have gradually developed ”immunity” to all these gruesome stories. The madness goes on, driven by man’s tendency toward greediness.Over the last 50 years or so, gradually, increasing numbers of people turn up, developing environmental diseases such as MCS. No wonder that the weakest of us is defeated by this devastating chemical pressure, foreign to the human body, as well as by the increasing spread of wireless devices, also being a devastating and unnatural strain on the human organism. Man was created to live commune with nature, so even if it feels ”natural” to live as society does today, having daily contact with and consumption of hundreds of chemicals, the body is of course, not geared to defend against all those substances foreign on the human body. Some members of society become ill from this overwhelming chemical build up of pressure and develop chemical sensitivity.There are always greedy research scientists and physicians who can be bought off to produce predetermined research results, as well as predetermined diagnoses. That was evident with regard to the impact of tobacco on health, and that is also evident with regard to the impact of toxic chemicals on health. Many physicians diagnose MCS sufferers with psychiatric disorders, but such misdiagnoses do not, of course, make MCS sufferers less chemically sensitive. On the contrary, increasingly more people do develop MCS, and if the chemical problem is not taken seriously very soon man will be the disaster about to destroy Earth and life on Earth.

Saturday, 17 September 2011

Environmental pollution fuelling skin

Ninety percent of the people are suffering from skin diseases caused by environment pollution. Skin diseases had increased in the country in recent years, as pollution had also increased manifolds.
Skin diseases are common in males and females and can be very serious.

Uof different creams, soaps and food items to maintain skin was another reason for skin disease. People should use only prescribed soaps and creams for skin diseases.

There are more than 3,000 kinds of skin diseases. Some of them are serious and can cause skin cancer if they are not treated properly.

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Leukemia

Although we divide diseases into “genetic” and “infectious” categories, many diseases are influenced by a combination of factors. These diseases are harder to classify and treat than diseases that are caused by one determining factor. Many researchers have studied leukemia, but the underlying cause of the disease has not been conclusively demonstrated. Leukemia is not caused by a disease organism and is not infectious. It is a genetic disease, in that it is caused by malfunctioning genes, but it is acquired rather than inherited, with the exception of CML. It is caused by an injury to the genes of bone marrow cells. This injury, which makes the cells function incorrectly, also gives them a competitive advantage over normal cells, allowing them to multiply and replace normal cells.

This genetic damage seems to have a variety of causes. Risk factors may lie in a person's genetic inheritance. People with Down's syndrome and certain other genetic disorders are also more likely to get leukemia. In some cases, leukemia seems to run in families. This may be due to an inherited susceptibility to gene abnormalities. In addition, population studies have shown that unlike other cancers, immigrant groups retain the leukemia risk of their countries of origin rather than their new environments, suggesting an important genetic role in the disease.

More often, leukemia is caused by a person's exposure to a substance in their environment. Environmental risk factors affecting adults include “exposure to radiation, benzene, pesticides, cigarette smoke, and extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields” (Robien and Ulrich, 2003). Each of these environmental factors induces genetic mutation, which can lead to leukemia. However, in most cases of leukemia, none of these risk factors are present. Leukemia often develops in people with no family history of the disease or significant exposure to any of the environmental risk factors.

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Environmental burden of disease

Environmental hazards such as air pollutants, noise and chemicals can cause illness, disability or even death. The results of international studies on the environmental burden of disease vary widely in different countries, with estimates ranging from about 2 to 20% of the total disease burden caused by environmental exposures (ENHIS). These differences are mainly due to differences in methodology (e.g. which risk factors are included) and partly related to actual differences in environmental conditions.

In 2006, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that in the WHO European Region as much as 14-19% of disease is caused by environmental exposures that can be averted (WHO, 2006d).

It is important to recognise that these percentages refer to a selected set of the currently known environmental risk factors for which quantification of health impacts is possible. In addition, disease burden calculations are a simplification of a very complex reality consisting of combined exposures to different risk factors by different pathways.