HIV is a chronic viral infection that attacks the immune system, eventually incapacitating its ability to fight infection leaving the person vulnerable to the development of AIDS, which often leads to death. Anti-retroviral therapies can help to control the virus, but complete eradication of the virus has been tricky to achieve due its stealthy ability … Continue reading Epigenetic Mechanism Shows Promise in the Fight Against HIV Latency
The Great Invasion – Documentary on endocrine disruptors
A documentary by Stéphane Horel on endocrine disrupting chemicals (2010). Our ordinary everyday lives are steeped in chemical products. Invisible, they are encrusted in plastic, in detergents and toasters, concealed in our food, in toys, in shampoo. They have invaded everything, including our bodies. Thanks to the consumer society, petrochemicals, with their magicical powers and … Continue reading The Great Invasion – Documentary on endocrine disruptors
How to reduce toxic chemicals in your household dust
Dust is a complex mixture of dead skin, soil tracked in from outdoors, fungal spores and chemicals from household products—some of which may be harmful. Learn more about how to protect your loved ones from toxic household dust with EWG's Healthy Living. https://youtu.be/l4Q3xL4SSIs?si=vRmF1yZlcyBIOnNk https://rumble.com/embed/v4jdbqt/?pub=9qiox The toxic chemicals in the environment, food and water that … Continue reading How to reduce toxic chemicals in your household dust
Epigenetics, Nutrition, and Our Health: How What We Eat Could Affect Tags on Our DNA
Many of us are familiar with the foods that damage our bodies – they slow our metabolism, might add a few pounds, and stiffen our arteries. But what if certain food items could help or harm us in a place we may never have considered – like our DNA? A developing field called nutriepigenomics examines … Continue reading Epigenetics, Nutrition, and Our Health: How What We Eat Could Affect Tags on Our DNA
Viruses Could Epigenetically Modify a Person’s DNA
Viruses can cause many different health problems in humans including HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, herpes, and even cancer. They are an extremely small foreign organism that invade healthy cells, and seek to wreak havoc in a healthy human or animal. Viruses are comprised of either RNA or DNA covered in a protein shell, and cannot reproduce on … Continue reading Viruses Could Epigenetically Modify a Person’s DNA
Report: Superbugs Found in More Than Three-Fourths of U.S. Supermarket Meat
EWG releases new tool to help consumers avoid antibiotic-resistant bacteria, understand meat and dairy labels The latest round of tests by federal scientists found antibiotic-resistant bacteria on nearly 80 percent of supermarket meat in 2015, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group. Those bacteria were resistant to at least one of 14 … Continue reading Report: Superbugs Found in More Than Three-Fourths of U.S. Supermarket Meat
Toxic Chemicals and Harmful Substances in Our Environment
Toxic chemicals are becoming more and more prevalent in our environment, products and everyday lives. EWG provides tips for avoiding chemicals in your home and products: Related Post Toxic Chemicals Found in Many Common Products Terrifying Toxic Chemicals to Avoid This Halloween Report: U.S. Companies have kept over 17,000 toxic chemicals secret to protect their … Continue reading Toxic Chemicals and Harmful Substances in Our Environment
Epigenetics and environmental chemical exposures
Prenatal exposures to environmental pollutants may lead to chronic diseases later in life.Toxic effects of environmental pollution on human health are well recognized. Yet, for a long time conventional wisdom held that a child developing in the womb is sufficiently protected and insulated by the placenta from harmful pollutants outside. This expectation no longer holds … Continue reading Epigenetics and environmental chemical exposures
DIRTY DOZEN ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
12 Hormone-Altering Chemicals and How to Avoid Them There is no end to the tricks that endocrine disruptors can play on our bodies: increasing production of certain hormones; decreasing production of others; imitating hormones; turning one hormone into another; interfering with hormone signaling; telling cells to die prematurely; competing with essential nutrients; binding to essential … Continue reading DIRTY DOZEN ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
EWG Explains: How to select a healthier mattress
Most Mattresses on the market are full of chemicals that can pollute your bedroom air and harm your body. View all of our tips on finding a healthier mattress in EWG's Healthy Living: Home Guide: https://www.ewg.org/healthyhomeguide/... Related Post Want Natural Insulation in Your Home? The 3 Best Options Facts You Need to Know about Home … Continue reading EWG Explains: How to select a healthier mattress
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