December 21 2012

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090517-pollution-changes-dna.html
Pollution Can Change Your DNA in 3 Days, Study Suggests

Breathing in polluted air may wreak havoc on our DNA, reprogramming genes in as few as three days and causing increased rates of cancer and other diseases.

So says a new study that tracked DNA damage in 63 steel-foundry workers in Brescia, Italy, who, under their normal factory conditions, were exposed to particulate matter.

The same damage may occur in city dwellers exposed to normal air, the researchers say.

Particulate matter includes suspended, tiny bits of dust, metal, or soot in the air, which can lodge deep in the lungs. Exposure to the substance has been linked to respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart problems.

Scientists know little about how inhaling particulate matter can cause health problems, according to lead study author Andrea Baccarelli of the University of Milan.

But they did find that exposed workers' DNA was damaged by a slowed rate of "methylation," a biological process in which genes are organized into different chemical groups.

Fewer groups means that fewer genes are expressed—or made into proteins—a crucial process in the body's regular maintenance.

Reduced-size gene groups like the ones observed in the new study have also been found in the blood DNA of lung cancer patients.

Widespread Damage

In the study, the workers' blood was sampled on the morning of the first day of their workweeks—before they were heavily exposed to the foundry's air—and again a few days later.

Comparisons between the two samples revealed significant changes in the methylation of four genes that may suppress tumors, said Baccarelli, who presented his research May 17 at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego, California.

You might not have to be a steelworker to sustain this kind of genetic damage, Baccarelli added.

It's true that air near the steel foundry contains about ten times more particulate matter than ambient—or normal—air, and a larger fraction of foundry-air particles are metals.

But the team speculates that the same damage can occur in city dwellers—the effects, however, take weeks or months to show up.

For instance, Baccarelli has done previous research that shows elderly people in Boston had DNA damage from breathing in particulate matter.

But Baccarelli added that "our results need to be confirmed in air pollution studies before they can be extended to the general population."

Take Your Vitamins?

John Heffner is professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University and a past president of the American Thoracic Society.

The new study strengthens the link between particulate inhalation and lung cancer, said Heffner, who did not participate in the research.

"Other investigators have shown that inhalation of particulate matter affects DNA through the methylation process," he said.

"What these investigators have done is show that the genes affected are ones that are known to be related to the development of lung cancer."

Related work by Baccarelli's team also raises the possibility that methylation damage from particulate matter can be slowed or even reversed with folic acid, a vitamin naturally found in many foods.

The vitamin "may make methylation machineries more efficient," lead study author Baccarelli said.

"We found that subjects with higher intakes of methyl nutrients were protected from some of the cardiac effects of particulate matter."

Electromagnetic energies can actually alter the genetics of all living organisms. No other researchers have made more profound discoveries in this area than Albert Roy Davis and Walter C. Rawls, Jr. Davis was the first scientist in the world to discover that the North and South poles of magnetism are two separate and distinct energies with opposite effects on matter.

Davis made this discovery in 1936. He conducted research on the biological effects of magnetism and electromagnetism for decades. Walter Rawls learned of Davis' research in 1970 and was so taken with him and his work that he put up his own money to finance more extensive research. In their first book, Magnetism and Its Effects on the Living System, they revealed that North pole exposed animals became more intelligent, lived longer, and had increased intuitive abilities. South pole exposed animals were less intelligent, died prematurely, and had reduced intuitive abilities.

Davis and Rawls sternly warned that South pole (positive) magnetic and electromagnetic energies have very detrimental effects to all animals, including people. Yet, we are exposed to an alarming proliferation of these harmful energies each year. We are being saturated by them. This quote is from, The Magnetic Blueprint of Life, one of their books. "We will find in the near future that, unless this vast proliferation of energies is controlled, there will be serious consequences for all human beings. Indications are now evident that our genetic structure may be undergoing changes that, although not readily apparent, will appear in future generations."

As a side note, I have been reading Divine Cosmos, by David Wilcock. I was quite surprised when I found specific discoveries in the book made by Davis and Rawls, only Dr. Richard LeFors Clark was named as the expert. I've read the first book by Davis and Rawls, and these discoveries that Wilcock refers to several times in his book were discovered by them, not Dr. Richard LeFors Clark. And David Wilcock certainly knows about Davis and Rawls because he mentions them in the book too, in Chapter 10. I'm finding it hard to believe that Wilcock was unaware of the fact that Davis and Rawls made these discoveries. After all, it is very convenient (and profitable) for him to draw attention to his own work and that of his associates rather than to the many revolutionary discoveries of Albert Roy Davis and Walter Rawls. Let me show you one example of what I mean. This diagram (top of page), the descriptions of the Bloch Wall, and the descriptions of the North and South magnetic poles all came straight out of, Magnetism and Its Effects on the Living System, the first book by Davis and Rawls. https://divinecosmos.com/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=36

Take a look at this page from, Diamagnetic Gravity Vortexes, by Dr. Richard LeFors Clark. ALL of these diagrams came from Davis and Rawls' book. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/cienc ... ywg054.gif

I found the diagrams right here. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... CA0Q9QEwAA

For comparison, here is an article written by Davis and Rawls about their work. http://www.teslatech.info/ttstore/repor ... /scope.htm

I can't help but wonder if there are other scientists whose work Wilcock used in Divine Cosmos but didn't give credit to.

As I mentioned previously , a real sad genetic change for people is the > Lobster Claw Disease.

http://www.innovations-report.de/html/. ... 10041.html

They Do Not have Hands or Feet , Just 2 Claw like Apendages.

Devestating to see , and Frightening to Live with , I am sure.

Many have them amputated and are wheel chair bound.