Industrial toxins

Albert DM, Puliafito CA Choroidal melanoma Possible exposure to industrial toxins. N EnglJ Med 296 634-63 5, 1977... 

The hematopoietic and nervous systems are frequently severely affected by industrial toxins. 

In the early 1980s, a form of designer meperidine, known as MPPP, was being illegally manufactured. MPPP was also referred to as synthetic heroin. In some cases, the chemical technique was not precise, and a toxic chemical byproduct, MPTP, was produced. MPTP is a known industrial toxin that can destroy nerve cells in certain portions of the brain... 

In addition to yeasts and fungi, synthetic environmental and food toxins are linked with increased fat stores. Synthetic chemicals, such as industrial toxins and food preservatives, tend to be attracted to fat molecules as they move through the circulatory system, where they can cause tissue and organ damage, including damage to the brain. To prevent toxins from circulating, the body binds them to fat and holds on to its fat stores. For more information, consult my books The Brain Wash and The 4- Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan. 

Feldman RG, Ricks NL, Baker EL Neuropsychological effects of industrial toxins a review. Am] Ind Med 1 211-227, 1980... 

Environmental contaminants have already led to detectable levels of these industrial toxins in humans and animals. Many toxic chemicals such as dioxin and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) are not readily detoxified or excreted into feces. We investigated the effects of Chlorella vulgaris strain... 

Alternatively, it might be objected that the tests used in the present investigation were inappropriate for the detection of those types of impairment which are most likely to result from solvents. Lezak (1986) has recently argued that existing methods of neuropsychological assessment of the effects of industrial toxins have... 

Applications. Immunoassays are used in many different disciplines, having clinical, industrial, agricultural, and environmental appHcations. This technique has made possible rapid analysis of such varied analytes as vimses, toxins, hormones, foreign proteins, dmgs, and insecticides. 

A spinning molecule on a copper surface and a soccer-ball molecule tethered to a protein may seem no more useful than a spinning ice-skater or a tetherball. Nonetheless, advocates of nanotechnology cite a wealth of potential applications for this new field, including tailored synthetic membranes that can collect specific toxins from industrial waste and computers that process data much faster than today s best models. The list of possible benefits from nanotechnology is limited only by our imaginations. 

Sophisticated and veiy sensitive methods have been developed in the food industry for detecting many other microbial toxins. For example, aflatoxin deteetion in seedstuffs and their oils is performed by solvent extraction, adsorption onto columns containing selective antibodies for them, and detected by exposure to ultraviolet light. 

Hellio, G.B., Bremer A.M., Pons, G., Cottenceau, Y. and Le Gal, N. (2000). Antibacterial and antifungal activities of extracts of marine algae from Brittany France. Use as antifouling agents. Applied Microbiology Biotechnology 54 543-549. Hsu, S.B. and Waltman, P. (1998). Competition in the chemostat when one competitor produces a toxin. Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics 15 471-490. 

A case in which the toxin or appropriate metabolite is detected in urine, serum, or plasma, or detection of the specific toxin in environmental samples unless there could be a local source of the toxin (e.g., the molds that produce mycotoxins have been found in some residential and industrial settings, and the toxins have been implicated in some cases of "sick building" syndrome). 

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