THANKS TO THE OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA DIVISION OF THE HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE (HSE ) HEAD OFFICE (UK) FOR MAKING THIS DOCUMENT AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR ALL TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE ANTIBIOTICS AND CHEMICALS THAT CAN CAUSE OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA.
IF THE CHEMICALS LISTED CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE LUNGS THROUGH EXPOSURE AT WORK, IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT OTHER CHEMICALS LIKE BODY SPRAYS, FLY SPRAYS, CHEMICALS USED TO CLEAN OVENS (SOMETIMES THESE HAVE TO BE SPRAYED INTO A WARM OVEN TO HELP REMOVE THE GREASE AND THIS CAUSES EVAPORATION OF THE CHEMICALS WITH THE RESULT THAT ONE INHALES THE FUMES AS ONE SPRAYS) AND DOMESTIC AIR FRESHENERS IF REGULARLY INHALED MIGHT HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE LUNGS.
THE HSE's AUTHORITY ENCOMPASSES WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY ONLY.
IT IS THE ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY (RPS), ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS (RCGP) (England & Scotland have one each), THE BRITISH NATIONAL FORMULARY (BNF), ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (RCP), ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH (RCPCH), MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY (MHRA), NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE (NICE) & THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) TO ENSURE THAT ACCURATE AND COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT DRUGS IS GIVEN TO DOCTORS AND THE PUBLIC.
HOWEVER, AS A DRUG INFORMATION OFFICER AT SmithKline Beecham SAID TO ME IN 1991 "NO ONE WANTS TO OPEN A CAN OF WORMS".
PENICILLIN WAS HAILED AS A WONDER DRUG BECAUSE IT SAVED THE LIVES OF A LOT OF SOLDIERS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, BUT IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC WITHOUT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CLINICAL TRIALS. IT WAS USED FOR SEPSIS WHICH IS A LIFE-THREATENING REACTION TO AN INFECTION WHEREAS TODAY MANY PEOPLE TAKE AN ANTIBIOTIC FOR A SORE THROAT AND FOR OTITIS MEDIA IN CHILDREN WHICH THE NHS NOW STATE WILL RESOLVE WITHIN DAYS AND SHOULD BE TREATED WITH PARACETAMOL.
SORE THROATS AND COLD SYMPTOMS ARE CAUSED BY INGESTING CHEMICALS IN FOOD.
CALCIUM CARBONATE IS NOW ADDED TO WHITE FLOUR, FOOD COLOURS ARE DYES WHICH ARE TOXIC CHEMICALS, FLAVOUR ENHANCERS LIKE MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE IS IN POT NOODLES AND ON CRISPS AND CAN CAUSE DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND SODIUM METABISULPHITE IS A PRESERVATIVE THAT CAN ALSO CAUSE BREATHING PROBLEMS IN BOTH ASTHMATICS AND NON-ASTHMATICS.
CALCIUM CARBONATE WAS FIRST ADDED TO BREAD IN 1943 - APPARENTLY TO PROVIDE CALCIUM AS MILK WAS IN SHORT SUPPLY DUE TO THE WAR. SINCE IT IS ALSO A PRESERVATIVE AND SLICED BREAD WAS INTRODUCED IN TOTTENHAM, LONDON IN 1937, SINCE CHEMICALS IN FOOD IS POORLY REGULATED, I WONDER IF IT WAS ADDED TO BREAD TO PRESERVE IT. CALCIUM PROPIONATE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1906 TO BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST BACTERIA IN BREAD AND IS STILL USED IN SOME BREADS TODAY. SINCE CALCIUM CARBONATE IS CHALK THAT WAS POSSIBLY SCRAPED FROM HILLS, PERHAPS IT WAS USED AS IT WAS CHEAP. THERE IS A CHALK HILLS BAKERY IN HORLEY 30 MILES SOUTH OF LONDON.
A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWS THAT CALCIUM CARBONATE 25KG COSTS £57 AND CALCIUM PROPIONATE 20KG COSTS £162 ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE PRICE.
CALCIUM CARBONATE CAN CAUSE VOMITING AND IS ALSO IN ALMOST EVERY INFANT MILK FORMULA. APTAMIL ONE OF UK's POPULAR BABY MILKS WOULD NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION WHICH WAS DOES APTAMIL CONTAIN CARBONATES (SEE BABY MILKS PAGE) FOR OVER A MONTH. I FINALLY FOUND ONE OF THEIR MILKS WHICH CONFIRMED THAT IT DOES CONTAIN CALCIUM CARBONATE SO I ASSUME THAT THEIR NUTRITIONISTS DIDN'T WANT TO ANSWER MY QUESTION AS THEY KNOW THAT IT CAN CAUSE VOMITING.
PHOSPHATES IN PROCESSED FOOD ARE ALSO TOXIC