The aim of this study was to determine how benzene and two of its most deleterious metabolites (hydroquinone and p-benzoquinone) affect MSC viability, apoptosis, and expression of six different genes (CXCL12, WNT5A, KITLG, RUNX2, DKK1 and JAG1) that are expressed by MSCs and have roles in...
The Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke Infants are particularly vulnerable to the effects of secondhand smoke. ©2006 Publications International, Ltd. The big question is: How exactly does secondhand smoke affect your body? In this section, we will detail the various health problems that can...
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but for many people, these fragranced products are more frightful than delightful. Theadverse effects of fragranced products on human healthinclude headaches, migraines, dizziness, fainting, shortness of breath, sneezing, dermatitis, cognitive and cardiovascular problems, ...
styrene, benzene, and trichloroethylene, that are released into the air from almost every front in the home. They can be in the water, which when heated releases them into the air. They permeate the air around upholstery, particleboard furniture, carpets, paints, wallpaper, adhesives, and mor...
Toluene (methylbenzene) is linked to developmental and reproductive toxicity, organ system toxicity, irritation (source) It is a neurotoxin and is largely sourced from petroleum crude oil. It can cause damage to the lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and central nervous system, and can cause headache...
‘Gerontogens’ are a specific class of toxins that put you at an increased risk for accelerated aging. Environmental toxins found in things like cigarette smoke, ultraviolet rays, arsenic, benzene, and chemotherapy are gerontogens. Even the pollution in our air can accelerate aging. Toxic fumes...
Nevertheless, benzene is known to be a human carcinogen due to sufficient evidence that it causes leukemia i.e. it is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a class 1 carcinogen [IARC 2006]. Due to this extraordinary hazard to human health, special attention...
Food, energy, transportation, industrial processing, health care, agriculture and our space program, all are dependent on the combustion process. Practically every human alive recognizes fire's extraordinary usefulness and at the same time is all too aware ...
on a product label. LAS is one of the more common surfactants used in detergent and may comprise up to 30% of a products total weight. Carcinogenic and reproductive toxins such as benzene are released into the environment during the production process.Here, the EWG does classify LAS as a pr...
New Environmental Protection Agency rules aim to crack down on toxic air pollution from US steelmakers by limiting pollutants such as mercury, benzene and lead that have long poisoned the air in neighborhoods surrounding the plants. The rules targ...