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There has been quite a bit of chatter about #AirPollution & #COVIDー19 severity. But it's not the only factor in the mix. And, yes, it's those pesky synthetic chemicals you may know as endocrine disruptors, again. #EDC #sickerfatterpoorer 1/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018319615?via%3Dihub
Let's start with the "forever chemicals," the #PFAS that contaminate water drunk by 100+ million Americans each year. They increase the death of mice exposed to influenza type A. https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-018-0405-y 2/
Children exposed to #PFAS during pregnancy have worse immune responses to vaccines, with lower antibody responses. Studies in Norway, Sweden & Japan have found greater difficulties in children with various infections, ranging from colds to stomach bugs to ear infections. 3/
Bisphenol A, or BPA, found in thermal paper receipts & aluminum can linings, has been found in the lab to increase a molecule called IL-6 that may be involved in the raging wildfire inside the lung that has already killed so many from coronaviruses. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2775425/ 4/
Phthalates, used in cosmetics, personal care products & food packaging, alter levels of cytokines, which are key players in the immune response to #coronavirus. 5/ https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/159/1/32/4621445
Is evidence cause and effect? No. We have to rely on observational studies - you can't run a randomized control trial of potentially toxic virus & chemical exposures. And immune disruption is a newer field than endocrine disruption. 6/
Will preventing these exposures now change exposure to the coronavirus? No – #stayhome 
, wash your hands with soap and water at least 30 seconds at a time, & keep that #socialdistancing game strong. 7/
, wash your hands with soap and water at least 30 seconds at a time, & keep that #socialdistancing game strong. 7/
But, when we return to normal, we have to ask ourselves how and why we got here. New infections will come out even more in the future if we don’t appreciate the consequences of messing with Mother Nature & realize our immune systems are being hacked too. 8/END
