You are the ocean. You are — on average — about 65% water. Your blood vessels flow with a saline solution with chemical properties that ares eerily similar to sea water. Your heart imitates the cadence of waves on a beach — a sound many people find comforting, especially those that keep time with a […]
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Why plastic isn’t just plastic (and most can’t be trusted)
NOTE: This is adapted from Appendix 3 of the “Revised Stealth Syndromes Study Protocol as approved by the University of California San Francisco Medical School Committee on Human Research. Plastic chemicals contaminate our food because plastic isn’t just plastic. Instead, what we see as plastic is a mixture of one or more polymers along with […]
Why “BPA Free” is meaningless (And some plastic safety claims are totally dishonest)
The number of variations (analogues) of Bisphenol A is growing. There are now at least 24 the numbers are increasing. The developments are driven by the marketing desire to brand a product “BPA free.” However, according to the National Toxicology Program which looked at 24 analogues: “BPA analogues that are potential replacements for BPA have […]
The math behind the ocean/human plastic contamination concentration
Geek note: mass and weight are not the same thing. Mass is a measurement of how much matter is in something. Weight is a measure of the pull of gravity on mass. That’s why an object on the moon weighs 1/6 that of that same object on the earth.(And why astronauts on the space station […]
Radiation, Ebola, & BPA: No matter how hard you try you can’t avoid 1 of those 3
Risk = concentration + frequency. Radiation, Ebola, and Bisphenol A (BPA) have a fair amount in common in most. Fortunately, you can choose to avoid two of those three, but the third gets forced upon you every minute of every day. First, they are all alike because the damage they can cause comes in […]
Your cells: Complicated, vulnerable to disruption by BPA and other chemicals
Complicated and Fragile Another reason that such small concentrations can affect you is that they operate inside of tiny cells that are complicated and fragile. And that makes it a matter both of scale and potency. The cells in your body are like a well-run city maintained with carefully balanced mechanisms that produce energy, get […]
Serious flaws found in Lancet study “debunking myth” of healthy moderate alcohol consumption
By Lewis Perdue Co-Principal Investigator Stealth Syndromes Human Study Co-founder, Stealth Syndromes Project Chairman, Center for Research on Environmental Chemicals in Humans NOTE: You may right-click all images to view a larger version The recent Lancet study that found no cardio-protective benefits of moderate alcohol consumption is marred by substantial problems which raise serious concerns […]
The Mendelian Randomization by Millwood et al.: Observations and Expressions of Concern
The recent population study of adults in China that found no cardio-protective benefits of moderate alcohol consumption should be re-examined in the context of methodological and confounding factors not addressed in the published paper. Published in early April by The Lancet, the study provoked sensational headlines among the general media proclaiming the definitive death of […]
Two criteria for the evolutionary selection of ALDH2*2 other than as a protection against alcohol disorder
Adaptive Genetic Variation and Population Differences Author links open overlay panelChao-QiangLai https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-398397-8.00018-6 “It is unlikely that the high frequency of these risk alleles was under recent selection by alcoholism. “Goldman and Enoch93 proposed two possible types of selection. First, mycotoxins (aflatoxins, in particular), which can cause hepatic disease and cancer, are commonly present in moldy […]
Paleogenetics looks at the origins of the ability to metabolize alcohol
Humans have been consuming ethyl alcohol — ethanol — for millions of years. Indeed, the ability to consume alcohol may have shaped primate evolution. Humans have this ability because, in addition to obvious beverage sources, alcohol is present in many common foods such as bread and other bakery products, fruit and fruit juices (Gorgus, et, […]