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Many may ask themselves whether they should be swimming in natural waters versus swimming in a swimming pool. This question is particularly important as we are heading towards the next summer season. With denser populations there is more river, lake and sea pollution as raw sewage is

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June 25, 2023

by Ray Schilling

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blue-green algae, endorphins, lake, leptospira, natural waters, river, sea pollution, sewage, swimming, swimming pool

Some chemicals in the environment break down slowly, and as a result they become chemicals with consequences. There is a group of such persistent chemicals, perfluoroalky substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS for short. They have a strong bond between fluorine and a carbon

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March 28, 2019

by Ray Schilling

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chemicals in the environment, cleaning products, drinking water, firefighting foam, food packaging, perfluoroalky substances, pfas, polyfluoroalkyl substances, teflon non-stick products, water repellents

With wildfires burning everywhere the question is: how does wildfire smoke affect our health? Wildfires seem to occur more frequently during the summer and even in fall. The smoke from the wildfires in Northern California has reached the area where I live in British Columbia, Canada.

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September 12, 2018

by Ray Schilling

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air quality index, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, finer particles, hepa filter, inhaler medication, respiratory conditions, wildfire smoke, wildfires

A study revealed that air pollution lowers good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol). Physicians were already concerned in the past that air pollution could cause heart attacks and strokes. But as Medical News Today reported, now the link between heart attacks and air pollution has been f

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May 31, 2017

by Ray Schilling

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car exhaust, car fumes, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, hardening of the arteries, hdl, LDL, particulate matter, pollution, traffic exhaust

Dr. Mitchell Fleisher explained that good nutrition can manage chronic inflammation. He presented his talk at the 24th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (Dec. 9-11, 2016) in Las Vegas that I attended. It was entitled “Effective Anti-Aging Nutritional Management of Chronic I

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March 08, 2017

by Ray Schilling

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chronic inflammation, crohn’s disease, diabetes, free radicals, good nutrition, heart attack, integrative medicine, ionizing radiation, osteoporosis, ros production

In Puget Sound, Washington researchers found drugs in salmon. Juvenile Chinook salmon were tested for toxic compounds. The surprising fact was that researchers could find antidepressants, Tylenol, OxyContin, Benadryl, Prozac and Aleve (arthritis medication). Researchers could demonst

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July 27, 2016

by Ray Schilling

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antibiotics, anticoagulants, antiseptics, drugs and chemicals, drugs in salmon, effluent of sewage plants, fungicides, pollution, salmon, sewage treatment plants

Swimming in Natural Waters versus Swimming in a Swimming Pool

Chemicals With Consequences

How Does Wildfire Smoke Affect Our Health?

Air Pollution Lowers Good Cholesterol

Good Nutrition Can Manage Chronic Inflammation

Drugs In Salmon

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