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mzmolly

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3. One wonders what the implications

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 18, 2013, 11:49 PM

Mar 2013

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Research done on people with chemical sensitivity has shown that the tight junctions inside the nose are compromised in these people. The cells are no longer tight. The possibility of this is that they allow passage of contaminants into the brain through the olfactory bulb.

... I am among the chemically sensitive. Very interesting.

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Scientists Find Bacteria Where It Isn’t Supposed to Be: The Brain [View all] mzmolly Mar 2013 OP

Only in donco Mar 2013 #1

for every human cell KT2000 Mar 2013 #2

One wonders what the implications mzmolly Mar 2013 #3

this was research KT2000 Mar 2013 #8

^^THIS^^ (and some George Carlin) longship Mar 2013 #4

OMG, that was sooooo funny!!! closeupready Mar 2013 #6

It's not only funny, it's also current science. longship Mar 2013 #7

Actually the hospital I work in ismnotwasm Mar 2013 #9

I grew up in a filthy house. I have had horrendous respiratory problems. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #10

I have had a somehwat similiar experience - enough to make me question hedgehog Mar 2013 #13

In my case it's a bad immune system. Not the environment. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #14

Blood-brain barrier Loudestlib Mar 2013 #5

Has anyone mzmolly Mar 2013 #11

Looks like we need a microbe lobe probe Blue Owl Mar 2013 #12