Articles
Huge variation in environmental toxin sensitivity
17th January 2007
Practitioners of integrative medicine have been stating for years that tolerance to environmental chemicals varies enormously from person to person. A recent study documented a huge variation in tolerance to certain organophosphate pesticides. With such variations present, can we really trust generalized government claims that X level of X toxin is safe? Previous research indicates that mercury sensitivity may vary as much as 1000 fold or more.
"Some newborns may be 26 to 50 times more susceptible to exposure to certain organophosphate pesticides than other newborns, and 65 to 130 times more sensitive than some adults, according to a new study by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Washington.
"… the new study "raises the question of whether current standards for safe levels of pesticide exposure are sufficiently protective of a vulnerable population," said Nina Holland, UC Berkeley adjunct professor of environmental health sciences and co-lead author of the paper. "Based on our study, I feel that more research is urgently needed to establish whether the standards need to be re-evaluated.""
Blake Graham, BSc (Honours), AACNEM
Clinical Nutritionist
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