Silent Spring

A Different way is Needed to Test Toxic Chemicals

But how should new testing methods go? How can you test for chemicals that could affect foetal development at concentrations at one part per trillion? The current approach is the complete opposite of that required to deal with endocrine disruption. Industry is allowed to use a new synthetic chemical unless a danger has been proved with ...

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What Dose of Toxic Chemicals Causes Harm?

Endocrine disruptors have turned classical toxicology on its head. For decades toxicologists have focused on acute toxicity; the more chemical added the more marked the effect. The thinking been that at low enough doses there is a point you reach where there is no observable adverse effect of the contaminant in question. It has always ...

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Why Risk PCB’s in Fish Oil Supplements?

Over many decades the consuming masses have been taught about the benefits of various health foods, including supplements. Omega-3 fatty acids have been one of the most popular of these supplements. Studies have shown that Omega-3 helps cut down the risk of chronic heart disease such as heart disease, cancer and arthritis and also helps ...

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PCB’s in Fish Oil Supplements: The Culprits

The fish oil supplement that contained the highest levels of PCB’s are Now Foods Salmon Oil. Also Nature Made Cod Liver Oil available to almost anyone through online stores also had high levels of PCB contamination. The brands that had the lowest levels out of the 10 tested were Solgar Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, Twinlab Norwegian ...

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PCBs in Fish Oil Supplements

People take fish oil supplements in order to be healthy. The last thing they expect is to find that the very tablets they are taking is contaminated with PCB’s. We have all been told about the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids which are present in a number of fish oil supplements but what we are ...

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