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Re: POPsible Nightmare....Persistent Organic Pollutants/Diabetes Part 2 |
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Claudia French RN |
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Dec 19, 06 - 1:57 AM |
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GELLERMAN: Now, these compounds have been banned for many years by
international convention.
CARPENTER: That's correct, yes. The Stockholm Convention and, well in
the US for example PCB manufacture was banned in 1977 and DDT and these
other pesticides were banned even before that, however they are very
persistent. They have been continued to be manufactured in some parts of
the world until relatively recently and the dioxins are byproducts of
combustion so they still are produced. And in the human body these
compounds last about ten years before you get rid of half of them. In
the environment they're even more persistent.
GELLERMAN: So what can we do with this information?
CARPENTER: Well I think there are a number of things. We've got to get
these compounds out of our environment and that requires political
action and that's not easy to do and it's not inexpensive. We have many
contaminated sites filled with things like PCB's and dioxins that have
not been cleaned up and remediated. I've already indicated that reducing
our consumption of animal fats is an important thing that one could do.
GELLERMAN: You know Dr. Carpenter, as I hear you talk about this it
seems this is the revenge of Silent Spring. That Rachel Carson had it
absolutely correct 50 years ago.
CARPENTER: That's absolutely right. This is the same issue from Silent
Spring. We have not really appreciated how dangerous these substances
are to human health. The diseases most people of, diabetes, heart
disease, cancer, these are the chronic diseases of old age. All of these
diseases are aggravated, increased, we're more susceptible to them when
we're exposed to these compounds and now we're reaping the grim harvest
of the exposure that we all have to these compounds.
GELLERMAN: Dr. Carpenter, I want to thank you very much.
CARPENTER: My great pleasure.
GELLERMAN: Thank you very much.
GELLERMAN: Dr. David Carpenter is a Professor of Environmental Health
and Toxicology at the State University of New York at Albany.
Links to Related Stories
"A Strong Dose-Response Relation Between Serum Concentrations of
Persistent Organic Pollutants and Diabetes. Results from the National
Health Examination Survey 1999-2002"
in Diabetes Care 29:1638-1644
"Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Burden of Diabetes" by M. Porta
in The Lancet - Vol. 368, Issue 9535, 12 August 2006, Pages 558-559
ed: Looks like we need more than just political action and site remediation to me. Looks like we also need to find ways to help our bodies rid themselves of these POPs and heavy metals, like mercury that are doing damage and raising the levels of diabetes.
Keep your magnesium levels up, and theres a lot of info out about natural supplements that will help dispose of these toxic substances, like Alpha Lipoic Acid, Benfotiamin, and products like Chelorex, a natural dietary supplement containing chlorella and cilantro, ALA, and supportive nutrients. We should all be sick of the pharmaceutical and chemical companies ruination of our health. Claudia |
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