Nothing good comes from exposure to lead

" In this population of Mexican children, current blood lead level among children with low exposure (< 5µg/dL) was positively associ...

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Narcotics Family Tree

Sometimes it is instructive to see how all the different narcotics are related to each other. It may surprise people that when a narcotic is...

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Endocrine disruptors and autism?

" Children with autism spectrum disorder had significantly increased serum MEHP, DEHP, and BPA [ mono-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (MEHP) ,...

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Organic diet and urinary pesticide concentrations

" Eating Organic Lowers Pesticide Levels in Children " went the headline reporting on the small study by Asa Bradman and colleague...

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Lathosterolosis, cholesterol and autism?

Although intrigued by the findings reported by Pier Luigi Calvo and colleagues [1] describing a " unique case " potentially linki...

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BCKDK mutations and autism continued?

February 19th 2014 (yesterday). Questioning Answers celebrates 3 years of life as a blog . Happy birthday. To quote from one website : ...

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Reperfusion injury

Reperfusion injury has been defined as myocardial tissue blood supply after a period of ischemia. Whether reperfusion merely  accelerates...

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