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Warning on Salmon - another toxin Strept Vaccine - hope for
future Mom's Influence on their Children As Adults Breast Cancer - more is known
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Warning On Salmon from: Environment Science And Technology
Traces of a fire retardant have been found in both wild and farm raised salmon. The study went on to say that wild fish were less contaminated than farm raised.
The toxicity of chemicals, called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) isn’t fully understood at this time. The presence of chemicals raises concerns of health officials. It is known that PBDEs can harm neurological development of young children and babies.
It's unclear exactly how PBDEs leach out of products, but they've have been turning up in everything from household dust to women's breast milk. The study shows more evidence of this chemicals climbing up food change.
Dr Bob’s Take: Once again we are seeing more environmental implication on our food supply. Mercury is better known. More study is needed but until then I would limit this fish in young children to maybe no more than once a week or once every other week. And we need to be more aware of our environment.
A Strept Vaccine
Yes, scientists are making progress in developing a vaccine against infamous streptococcus Group A. This is same bacteria that give us strept throat and so called flesh eating disease of which there are about 9,000 cases a year with a high death rate.
The study of vaccine on just 28 people showed that protection against strept bacteria did occur. More studies will need to be done to prove not only effectiveness but also that there are no serious complications.
Dr Bob’s Take: work on a vaccine has been going on for over 50 yrs and this study bodes well. It does because of millions of strept throats which if not treated can give rise to kidney disease or rheumatic heart disease in a small percentage of children. Thankfully these complications are not common. A vaccine will be very helpful to all of us.
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It’s Proven Mom’s Have A Strong Role In Shaping Their Childs Family Roles
Depending on role of mother, son and/or daughter will take on different roles as they mature to adults. For example, college aged men will expect to do more child care if their moms were employed. On other hand, if their mom’s were homemakers they would expect their wives to be tending after home and children.
