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what kind of toxins do you have.?
« on: August 07, 2013, 02:08:17 pm »



http://www.newser.com/story/172131/rich-and-poor-have-different-toxins-in-bodies.html
Rich and Poor Have Different Toxins in Bodies
It's sushi and sunscreen vs. cigarettes
 By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 6, 2013 12:27 PM CDT

(Newser) – It might be the weirdest indicator of wealth, or lack thereof, yet: Generally speaking, rich people and poor people have different toxins in their bodies, according to a new study spotted by Quartz. For example, rich people tend to have greater levels of things such as mercury and arsenic, probably because they eat more sushi and fancy shellfish. They also show higher levels of the main ingredient in sunscreen, oxybenzone, perhaps because they're more likely to slather it on and spend time at the beach or on their boats.

But researchers at the University of Exeter found that lower-income people have the market on toxins of their own. The worst are lead and cadmium, which the study chalked up to higher levels of smoking among the poor, reports the Daily Mail. They also have higher levels of BPA, the toxin sometimes found in plastic food containers and cans. The clear difference in income groups surprised even the researchers, notes Salon, which has a chart.



and the study




http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23892225



Environ Int. 2013 Jul 23;59C:328-335. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.017. [Epub ahead of print]


Associations between socioeconomic status and environmental toxicant concentrations in adults in the USA: NHANES 2001-2010.
Tyrrell J, Melzer D, Henley W, Galloway TS, Osborne NJ.
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European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.

Abstract
Low level chronic exposure to toxicants is associated with a range of adverse health effects. Understanding the various factors that influence the chemical burden of an individual is of critical importance to public health strategies. We investigated the relationships between socioeconomic status (SES) and bio-monitored chemical concentration in five cross-sectional waves of the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). We utilised adjusted linear regression models to investigate the association between 179 toxicants and the poverty income ratio (PIR) for five NHANES waves. We then selected a subset of chemicals associated with PIR in 3 or more NHANES waves and investigated potential mediating factors using structural equation modelling. PIR was associated with 18 chemicals in 3 or more NHANES waves. Higher SES individuals had higher burdens of serum and urinary mercury, arsenic, caesium, thallium, perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorononanoic acid, mono(carboxyoctyl) phthalate and benzophenone-3. Inverse associations were noted between PIR and serum and urinary lead and cadmium, antimony, bisphenol A and three phthalates (mono-benzyl, mono-isobutyl, mono-n-butyl). Key mediators included fish and shellfish consumption for the PIR, mercury, arsenic, thallium and perfluorononanoic acid associations. Sunscreen use was an important mediator in the benzophenone-3/PIR relationship. The association between PIR and cadmium or lead was partially mediated by smoking, occupation and diet. These results provide a comprehensive analysis of exposure patterns as a function of socioeconomic status in US adults, providing important information to guide future public health remediation measures to decrease toxicant and disease burdens within society.

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Re: what kind of toxins do you have.?
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2013, 02:21:58 pm »
This subject has been in the local news off and on for several years.  The Globeville area of Denver tends to be loww income, and different types and levels of toxins show up in folks there.  It's an industrial area, so the exposures are different than what would be seen in Greenwood Village, which is more of a well-to-do area.  The Cotter uranium mill used to operate in Globeville, and I-70 bisects the area.  Greenwood Village, not so much.

BTW, I saw some of your relatives at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo the other day.  They were swimming, playing, showing off.  Just being otters.

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