Shower of toxic particles could corrode lungs…
By Linda on Aug 5, 2010 in Toxins | comments(0)
We already have a 600% increase in lung cancer in women over the past decade and an epidemic of asthma.
From the attached article note these comments:
“If there is a surge in ultra-fine pollution particles, it makes twitchy airways even more twitchy,” he said. “It results in a much lower threshold of allergens to create an asthmatic response or an attack.”
For asthmatics, Nel said conventional treatment does not address the problems created by pollution. He said science would have to alter medications, using the kind of antioxidant chemicals found in broccoli and other natural sources to combat the lung injuries.
I hope more will learn that MACA has the glucosinolate found in Broccoli but does much more, which is why I consume a level tsp twice a day of MACA, as part of my power drink that includes Beyond Fiber and my Organic Green and 4000 mg of BioEn’R-G’y C in each 12 ounce cup and a ZeoGold capsule.
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com
A mysterious shower of microscopic chemicals near a Fresno shopping center could be the first evidence of a broad, undetected assault on the lungs of San Joaquin Valley residents.
If confirmed in other Valley cities, it means many thousands of people are daily breathing these cocktails of chemicals – known as ultra-fine particles — that corrode and damage lungs.The plume in Fresno probably spreads over many square miles, not just the Fashion Fair area where they were discovered, said UC Davis atmospheric scientist Anthony Wexler, who detected the pollution.
Sensitive, expensive equipment is needed to detect and study ultrafine pollution. Science is only now defining the possible problem.
Wexler revealed Fresno’s midday rise in microscopic pollution last month at an air-quality conference, saying he and others will continue studying them to determine the source and extent of the plume.
Researchers also must figure out what’s in the particles and more clearly define the possible health threat. It may be years before local, state and federal officials can develop a cleanup strategy.
The particles are so small that 1,000 of them would fit across the width of a human hair. For years, science has known that such particles exist, but they are thousands of times smaller than previously studied particles in dust, soot and diesel smoke.



