Tag: brominated flame retardants

How Fluoride (a toxin) got in our water, and Iodine (a critical nutrient) disappeared from medical school textbooks

How Fluoride (a toxin) got in our water, and Iodine (a critical nutrient) disappeared from medical school textbooks

If you were a woman with painful, cystic breasts who lived in the 1800’s—your doctor might have advised you to “paint your breasts” with iodine.  Some doctors even injected iodine directly into the breasts or ovaries to heal cysts. Your… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Fluoride, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Mental Health, Nutritional Medicine, Science, Videos
Flame Retardants and their Effect on Human Health

Flame Retardants and their Effect on Human Health

Researchers recently discovered new information about flame retardants and their effect on human health.  Using 3-D images, researchers at the National Institutes of Health developed a way to view how brominated flame retardants (BFRs) interfere with the human body’s natural… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Environment