Microplastics Dangers & Disease Risks
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More and more in my private practice and recently on radio I'm being asked more about microplastic dangers & disease risks and talking much more about toxins that we can experience more in the summer than any other season. There are however a couple big ones which I'm going to spend some time with in upcoming articles. The first is microplastics, and the number one most dangerous source of this is plastic bottles especially when they've been out in the sun as well as plastic lined cans. Its been known for many years how dangerous plastic can be to human health however it's now starting to get the attention it's going to take to make changes to food and beverage containers especially those consumed by huge segments of the population.
There are very significant concerns around microplastics, not just for humans but for any other living creature we share the planet with. Some of the earlier ones that appeared in the research literature raised concerns over the potential ability of micro plastics to accelerate oxidation or cellular damage in the human body. No small concern is that this alone can promote or accelerate diseases and shorten our life spans. There are also some significant concerns about the ability of microplastics
to significantly affect neurologic diseases as they may actually disrupt nerve signaling on some levels... Read much more HERE
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