'Detox': science or sales pitch?

Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Dec;36(12):1009-10.

'Detox': science or sales pitch?

Cohen M.

MBBS(Hons), PhD(TCM), PhD(ElecEng), BMedSc(Hons), FAMAC, FICAE, is Professor of Complementary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Victoria, and President, the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association.

There is no question that the world is becoming increasingly toxic, with worldwide dissemination of industrial chemicals, pesticides, heavy metals and radioactive elements. Many of these toxins have demonstrated harmful effects including cancer, reproductive, metabolic, and mental health effects. It is also known that many toxins undergo bioaccumulation through the food chain and that synergistic effects can occur whereby combinations of toxins can be more potent than the sum of individual toxins.

PMID: 18075624 [PubMed - in process]

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