Posted on 08/24/2009 10:19:24 AM PDT by past_present
They are leading a groundbreaking three-year research project into whether human engineered nanoparticles, such as those found in sunscreen, can induce neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.'Indeed they lodge in almost all parts of the brain and there are no efficient clearance mechanisms to remove them once there.'
There were also suggestions that nanoscale particles arising from urban pollution had reached the brains of animals and children living in Mexico City, he said.
'It has recently been discovered
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Good thing I am goth.
j/k
Suncream? I’m a lobster!
I don’t wear sunscreens....they make me itch! And if they make a person itch.....that cannot be a good sign for long term usage LOL! ;)
Not sure about this study.....but it is interesting that skin cancer rates have skyrocketed since sunscreens were introduced in the 1970s...
I always thought this could be one of the reason for the upsurge in diagnosis of autism.
What parent doesn’t slather sunscreen on their child after that child gets a good sunburn.
My 4 year old wont stay in the sun unless he has his “sun shirt” on.
LOL!!!!!!
Skin cancer or Alzheimers. Which one do I want to die from? Hmmmm, tough choice.
Huh?
Sun Screen gets into the bloodstream and can cross the blood brain barrier??????? Really? Am I missing something, or is this truly what they are claiming?
we’re going to have to design some nanabots to clear out those nanoparticles.
Then, of course, we’ll have to figure out a way to deal with those pesky nanobots, but baby steps..
Well what do you choose?
That’s what I was thinking, too.
JMO, but I would think there have to already be a disruption in the blood brain barrier to allow these particles to get through in the first place.
You just can’t win—I use sunblock on my face and arms all the time in the summer to avoid skin cancer and aging. On the other hand, things like aluminum are not listed among the ingredients.
Maybe the thing to do is to use only products that don’t have tiny metallic particles. I heard this issue discussed at an engineering meeting, including the possibility that nanoparticles can enter the body and go wherever they wish, because cellular walls won’t keep them out.
I’m having a hard time believing this one, considering it was only a few years ago that the Pittsburgh Compound was confirmed as the first successful chemical to cross the blood brain barrier. It was a big deal because this is the first step in being able to develop treatments to remove the plaque from Alzheimer’s brains.. you can’t remove the plaque if you can’t cross the barrier.
Now they are claiming that we’ve had random chemicals doing this all along???? I dunno, this sounds fishy to me.
I agree with you. Crossing the barrier has been something drug developers have been working on for the longest time.
I use sunscreen all the time and it doesn’t... wait..what were we talking about?
Does anyone else wonder why the Brits, of all climates, would have such a significant use of sunscreens/suncreams?
Alzheimers. At least then I won’t have the agony of sunburns every time I go swimming. I have two colors, red and white. That’s it. No inbetween.
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