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Environmental Pollutants & the Microbiome
In a recently published Frontiers in Medicine review, the bidirectional interactions between environmental toxicants and the gut microbiota were examined, highlighting the complex relationship between the composition of the microbiota and xenobiotic metabolism. Given that for most people the greatest source of exposure to pollutants is via diet and water consumption, the gut microbiota is…
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Environmental Pollutants’ Impact on Fertility
Declining Fertility In October 2020 the Lancet published an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study (2019), confirming an ongoing decline in global fertility rates over at least the past 20 years. Funded by the Gates Foundation, this analysis found that half of all countries/territories had “below replacement” fertility rates, and 88% of the…