environmental chemicals and allergies

Following from last week’s newsletter, it has been suggested I write a little more about chemical sensitivity; perhaps not so much about the extreme individuals (the human canaries) as the manner in which is affects most of us. Here goes… When should you begin to suspect you may be reacting to ambient chemicals? Suspect chemical […] The post Following On With The Chemical Saga appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Two weeks ago, I discussed part 2 of my critical detox plan. I described it as something essential to “health literacy”! This week as promised, I will dive into part 3.  Long before the days of wi-fi and cell phones, people were starting to react to their electrical environment. We are under pressure from environmental […]

Two weeks ago, I discussed part 2 of my critical detox plan. I described it as something essential to “health literacy”! This week as promised, I will dive into part 3.  Long before the days of wi-fi and cell phones, people were starting to react to their electrical environment. We are under pressure from environmental […] The post Hidden Cell Phone Dangers, EMF Hazards, & EDTA Chelation – Part 3 appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Last week I promised you I’d follow up on the problems of chemical pollution with advice on how to deal with it. Some of this you will already know and some you don’t. But repetition is a good thing; it brings certainty and fluency of knowledge. We could call it health literacy. That’s a key […]

Last week I promised you I’d follow up on the problems of chemical pollution with advice on how to deal with it. Some of this you will already know and some you don’t. But repetition is a good thing; it brings certainty and fluency of knowledge. We could call it health literacy. That’s a key […] The post How to Detox From Chemical Pollution appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Over time it has become obvious that some individuals are sensitive to environmental chemicals. It is hard to describe this as an allergy; probably the term ‘low-grade poisoning’ would be better since many of these chemicals would make anyone exposed to them in sufficient concentration feel ill. The problem is just that certain individuals react to smaller doses. We are all subject to a barrage of alien chemicals in our bodies (Greek word: xenobiotics, meaning alien to life). We have chemical pathways in our bodies designed to remove toxic substances: a process called detoxication or biotransformation. The trouble is these new man-made chemicals have no equivalent in nature and so we do not have the right systems in our body to fully eliminate the toxicity. In fact, in its attempts to deal with the problem the body sometimes, by mistake, actually coverts these xenobiotics into something even more toxic (Casarett and Doull’s Toxicology. Basic Science of Poisons. Third Edition, Editors: Klaasen CD, Amdur MO, Doull J, Macmillan, New York 1986). 

Over time it has become obvious that some individuals are sensitive to environmental chemicals. It is hard to describe this as an allergy; probably the term ‘low-grade poisoning’ would be better since many of these chemicals would make anyone exposed to them in sufficient concentration feel ill. The problem is just that certain individuals react to smaller doses. We are all subject to a barrage of alien chemicals in our bodies (Greek word: xenobiotics, meaning alien to life). We have chemical pathways in our bodies designed to remove toxic substances: a process called detoxication or biotransformation. The trouble is these new man-made chemicals have no equivalent in nature and so we do not have the right systems in our body to fully eliminate the toxicity. In fact, in its attempts to deal with the problem the body sometimes, by mistake, actually coverts these xenobiotics into something even more toxic (Casarett and Doull’s Toxicology. Basic Science of Poisons. Third Edition, Editors: Klaasen CD, Amdur MO, Doull J, Macmillan, New York 1986).