On dangerous substances we consume daily - facts, thoughts, concerns

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On dangerous substances we consume daily - facts, thoughts, concerns

Journal Title: Българско списание за обществено здраве (Bulgarian Journal of Public Health) - Year 2014, Vol 0, Issue 4

Abstract

Daily, just by the food we eat and the water we drink, we use various xenobiotics - processing aids (additives) and exogenous toxicants - nitrates, pesticides, polymers, heavy metals, etc., which accumulate in cells and tissues of the body and have unpredictable health consequences. Estimate of risk for each individual cannot be made because each organism has individual susceptibility to xenobiotics as well as in the internal biological environment they interact in a complex way among each other, which cannot be fully objectified and evaluated. For many of these xenobiotics in the world medical literature it is forthcoming to be presented scientific evidence of their harmful effects on health, for some of which it has already scientifically objectified, while for others there exist strong doubts with regard to the later consequences for people’s health. Not once we have witnessed how products and drugs approbated by the FDA and EFSA launched on the market as being made commercially available after a while are being withdrawn and banned when enough data about their toxicity have been accumulated. It cannot be fully relied on the conscience and morality of producers and controlling bodies, so the most important prevention of population is awareness and implementation of actions for personal and family health prevention, avoidance and risk reduction.

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Hristo Deyanov

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EP ID EP476307
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