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If you live near the bodies of water frequently Impacted by the harmful flowers of algaeYou can be an increased risk of dying of ALS, reveal new research.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisDebricating neurodegenerative disease commonly known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease” is influenced by genetics and environmental factors. It considerably reduces the patient’s life expectancy, people died within two to five years of diagnosis.
Some 5,000 are diagnosed with the ALS each year in the United States
Now researchers at the University of Michigan Medicine say Toxins produced by algae flowers in the lakes And along the American coasts could influence the progression of the disease.
“Although there are still limited research on the mechanism by which cyanobacteria toxins affect neurodegenerative diseases, our results suggest that living near or participating in water bodies can influence the progression of SLA,” said Dr. Stephen Goutman, director of the Als Center of Excele statement.
Goutman is the main author of the study that was published in the International Journal for Environmental Research and Public Health.
More specifically, the researchers found a toxin produced by flowering cyanobacteria in samples of brain spinal liquid of the brain and the spinal liquid of people with SLA. It is known as ß-methylamino-l-Alanine.
Increasingly trained by climate change and nutrient pollution, flowers are caused when cyanobacteria becomes dense and out of control. Cyanobacteria produce several toxic agents which are linked neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson.
They interviewed the participants who were seen at the University of Michigan Prign Als Clinic, many of whom lived less than three kilometers from a proliferation of harmful algae. They measured the duration and extent of their exposure using satellite data in the cyanobacteria assessment network and their residential and health history.
In the end, they found that living near flowers – especially if swimming or marina navigation – was associated with the death of SLA almost a year earlier. People with the most important exhibitions both lived almost harmful flowers and used a private well as a source of water.
Midwest residents can be particularly threatened in part due to ubiquitous industrial and agricultural productions in the region. Michigan’s Lake Erie is frequently affected by these flowers.
“If exposure to cyanobacteria toxins is a significant risk factor for SLA, the large number of interior lakes in these bacteria in the Midwest can partly explain why the incidence of the disease is much higher than the other parts of the country,” said Dr. Stuart Batterman, the first author and professor of environmental health sciences at the University’s public health school.
