Tom's Blog on Life

An important ruling was recently handed down by the European Court of Justice in April about supplement regulation.

First the bad:

The court accepted the scientific methodology that our Dr. Rob Verkerk has so effectively shown to be highly flawed. This is not too surprising. What do judges know about science?

But there is some good too:

The Court also ruled that national governments or the European Commission cannot implement excessively low maximum vitamin levels without demonstrating “genuine” or “real” risks to human health. ANH- Europe believes that this ‘supreme view’ from the highest court in Europe could pave the way for preventing disproportionate bans on particular molecular forms of nutrients that are known to be safe (and beneficial) at supplemental doses currently used. For more on this story, please see the following report from ANH-Intl.

http://www.anh-usa.org/latest-european-court-of-justice-ruling-on-supplements-comme-ci-comme-ca/

Pesticide exposure doubles risk of ADHD

A growing body of literature provides evidence that pesticides may have a role in the development of ASD and ADHD. The observed pesticide exposures in the epidemiologic studies are incidental and generally low level. They occur prior to conception, during gestation, and in early childhood at critical stages of neurologic development. It is likely for both ASD and ADHD that there are gene–environment interactions. This brief review provides a framework to understand evidence for pesticides in the etiology of ASD and ADHD. The laboratory science provides mechanistic data as well as confirmation of symptoms in controlled dosing experiments. The epidemiological data provide supporting evidence for human outcomes beginning in the earliest stages of childhood development and at exposures well below those resulting in acute toxicity. While the evidence cannot be considered conclusive, the existing data justifies further research.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-018-0200-z

If a pregnant woman uses the common, over the counter pain killer acetaminophen/paracetamol (in Panadeine) it increases the risk of wheezing and asthma in their children. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091105084842.htm