Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Great reminder here today from colleague, Karen: A tattoo often holds a great deal of symbolic significance, but most people don’t realise that tattoos also have significant health implications for those who get them. The process involves a tattoo artist using a needle to inject ink into the dermis of the skin. Obviously, this puts individuals …
If you've ever bought a new headboard, you will probably have found that it stinks of chemicals. The last time I bought one, I had to put it in the communal hall of our apartments to let it off-gas for a couple of weeks. Much to the other residents' consternation, and mine. Not good. But …
Research I conducted with Dr. Aristo Vojdani showed approximately 20 percent of healthy people demonstrate immune reactivity to chemicals. We published this research in the Journal of Applied Toxicology.The review board called the study revolutionary and breakthrough research. It is the first study that shows a completely new model of how chemicals combine with our own proteins to create autoimmunity …
Did you read this piece recently in The Guardian about 'forever' toxic chemicals called PFAs in loo paper? Shocking. Have a read here: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in toilet paper around the world Research finds waste flushed down toilets and sent to sewage plants probably responsible for significant source of water pollution...PFAS are a class …
Eek. This is not good is it! Daily Mail 22.10.22 “1,500 PARTICLES OF PLASTIC IN ONE TAKEAWAY COFFEE” Drinking one cup of takeaway coffee just once a week could expose you to around 90,000 pieces of microplastic a year, research shows. 1,000s of plastic particles were found in drinks served in 3 main types of takeaway cups …
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I see the EWG have recently released the results for which foods contain the least and the most pesticide residues. This is a US organisation, but I can't see it being vastly different in the UK. Useful checker anyway, so I share. Top baddies: strawberries and spinach - as per - these are almost always …
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Filtering water is a bit of a minefield nowadays, but buying a filter can significantly cut down your intake of toxic compounds. You could buy bottled water but that soon adds up: it's often cheaper in the long run to get an under the sink solution. If you are thinking of doing that at any …
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, reclassified diesel exhausts from its group 2A of probable carcinogens to its group 1 of substances that have definite links to cancer. The experts, who said their decision was unanimous and based on "compelling" scientific evidence, urged people worldwide to reduce their exposure …
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