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Celiac disease linked to common chemical pollutants:
According to NYU Grossman School of Medicine researchers who led the study, people with the immune disorder have severe gut reactions, including diarrhea and bloating, to foods containing gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. The only treatment is a gluten-free diet, with no bread, pasta, or cake, says lead investigator and doctoral student Abigail Gaylord, MPH.
Reporting in the journal Environmental Research online May 12, the NYU Langone team found that children and young adults with high blood levels of pesticides -- and with high levels of pesticide-related chemicals called dichlorodiphenyldichlorethylenes (DDEs) -- were twice as likely to be newly diagnosed with celiac disease as those without high levels.
The study also found that gender differences existed for celiac disease related to toxic exposures. For females, who make up the majority of celiac cases, higher-than-normal pesticide exposure meant they were at least eight times more likely to become gluten intolerant. Young females with elevated levels of nonstick chemicals, known as perflouoroalkyls, or PFAs, including products like Teflon, were five to nine times more likely to have celiac disease.
Young males, on the other hand, were twice as likely to be diagnosed with the disease if they had elevated blood levels of fire-retardant chemicals, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs.
Abigail Gaylord, Leonardo Trasande, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Kristen M. Thomas, Sunmi Lee, Mengling Liu, Jeremiah Levine. Persistent organic pollutant exposure and celiac disease: A pilot study. Environmental Research, 2020; 109439 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109439
(Score: 5, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday May 19 2020, @07:35PM (2 children)
Yes, I've long suspected that the role of pollutants on public health has been neglected if not actively covered up. Blaming everything on the misfortune of being born with the "wrong" genes has been way overused. Gets the polluters and junk food producers off the hook very nicely. The history of Bisphenol A is a case study of industry connivance to keep certain questions from being asked or explored. "Doubt is our product."
Maybe we should read a little more into these findings? DDT has been banned for almost 50 years, Been at least a decade since Teflon use was cut way down. States began banning PDBEs 12 years ago. The findings, you see, cover chemicals that have already been on the outs for at least a decade. What might they have found if they had checked other chemicals still in heavy use? Chemicals such as Bisphenol S, for instance?
I should very much like cures for food allergies. One thing I have heard is that diesel fumes sensitize and prime people to become allergic. Shouldn't eat peanuts while at a truck stop, maybe?
The cracks in this dam on information have grown too big. This study is a little late to the party. But still helpful. In 2014 in the US, allowable amounts of lead in plumbing brass was lowered from 8% to 0.25%. Good, but lead in plumbing should have been discontinued a century ago, or never begun in the first place. The Romans eventually figured out that lead was unhealthy, near 2000 years ago. And, the 2014 regulation has a huge loophole. It applies only to "drinking water" taps, and bathtub and outdoor taps don't count as "drinking" water. Mercury thermometers are long gone. Lots of heavy metals are no longer used in ways that obviously get them inside bodies.
Who recalls that for many years, there were no red m&m's? The red dye they had been using was found to cause cancer. The weird part about that was that there were surely other food coloring dyes that could produce red. It just seemed more an industry hissy fit, an attempt to stir sympathy for them and against evil government regulations.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 19 2020, @07:59PM
Max von Sydow, as the Tracker, in "What Dreams May Come"
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 20 2020, @01:30AM
Dead doctors don't lie - some doctor who worked with ADD kids for years. He harped on food colorings and preservatives, and especially on red food colorings as a primary cause of ADD and ADDHD. I'm of the opinion that food contaminants, such as those food colorings, may cause ADD, but once you have it, it's too late to remove the stuff.
Joel Wallach is the name - a site dedicated to his work - http://kingmaker.net/DeadDoctorstxt.html [kingmaker.net]