Thursday, June 2, 2011

What is in the air?

There have been so many changes since 1980 when lead was removed from gasoline in the USA.

There are many health challenges with increases in autism, alzheimer's, obesity, diabetes, and mental healh problems. Just think of yesterday's news: air plane rage and the shiga toxigenic E coli in Europe.

The globe is changing with droughts, floods, violent storms, and global warming.

The plants are changing with decline of forests from beetle infestations and forest fires. Vine plants are invading. Algal blooms are choking lakes and ponds with bad smelling scum.

What ties all these together is an air pollutant present in tobacco, crude oil, and phosphate fertilizer. It has abilitites to cause stress in any living cell. Cells that adapt can become hardy and thrive and those with genetic susceptibilities can sicken.

Everyone suffering from stress needs to understand how this pollutant can aggravate their problem and what can be done to help.

This blog will discuss the problem of cadmium air pollution.

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