Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Per: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234807/
Recent literature confirms the harmful effects of chemical instants, like formaldehyde,phenol, some pesticides,chlorine,and petroleum alcohol. Commonly encountered chemicals like glycine, DDT, toluene and turpentine,and drugs such as hydralazine have been found to induce advanced-staged disease process.
Agricultural wastes include those from livestock and toxic chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers), and farm runoff collects in rivers, lakes, and ground water.
A recently completed study found that skin absorption contributed from 29 to 91% of the total body dose of pollutants (from water), with an average of about 64%. This is even more important when one looks at the large number of volatile organic compounds found in our drinking and bath water.
Sulfur dioxide and sodium salicylate can provoke asthmatic reactions, while aspirin-like food contaminants and dyes may trigger urticaria, angioedema, bronchoconstriction and purpura. An even wider variety of symptoms, including severe gastrointestinal disorders, has been associated with sensitivities to aniline, commonly found in rapeseed oil.
Organophosphate levels are only positive within 24 hours after exposure, and are not much help. Lab tests for pentachlorophenols and organic solvents like hexane and pentane, are also now available, as are herbicide levels. General volatile organic hydrocarbons are found in a large portion of chemically sensitive patients. Their presence indicates either recent exposure, or a failure in the enzyme detoxification system. Those found in over 500 chemically sensitive patients include benzene, toluene, trimethylbenzene, xylene, styrenes, ethylbenzene, chloroform dichloromethane ,-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, dichlorobenzenes. Metals including lead, mercury, cadmium, and aluminum are sometimes found in the intracellular contents of some chemically sensitive patients. These again are found in 10% of the patients.
Per: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234807/
Recent literature confirms the harmful effects of chemical instants, like formaldehyde,phenol, some pesticides,chlorine,and petroleum alcohol. Commonly encountered chemicals like glycine, DDT, toluene and turpentine,and drugs such as hydralazine have been found to induce advanced-staged disease process.
Agricultural wastes include those from livestock and toxic chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers), and farm runoff collects in rivers, lakes, and ground water.
A recently completed study found that skin absorption contributed from 29 to 91% of the total body dose of pollutants (from water), with an average of about 64%. This is even more important when one looks at the large number of volatile organic compounds found in our drinking and bath water.
Sulfur dioxide and sodium salicylate can provoke asthmatic reactions, while aspirin-like food contaminants and dyes may trigger urticaria, angioedema, bronchoconstriction and purpura. An even wider variety of symptoms, including severe gastrointestinal disorders, has been associated with sensitivities to aniline, commonly found in rapeseed oil.
Organophosphate levels are only positive within 24 hours after exposure, and are not much help. Lab tests for pentachlorophenols and organic solvents like hexane and pentane, are also now available, as are herbicide levels. General volatile organic hydrocarbons are found in a large portion of chemically sensitive patients. Their presence indicates either recent exposure, or a failure in the enzyme detoxification system. Those found in over 500 chemically sensitive patients include benzene, toluene, trimethylbenzene, xylene, styrenes, ethylbenzene, chloroform dichloromethane ,-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, dichlorobenzenes. Metals including lead, mercury, cadmium, and aluminum are sometimes found in the intracellular contents of some chemically sensitive patients. These again are found in 10% of the patients.
