A family of healthy bacteria can forever ‘suck’ toxic chemicals in the body, causing their cancer -like effects to be shifted.
Forever, chemicals, also known as PFAS (per and polyfluoralkyls), are toxic chemicals that are linked cancer, infertility and birth defects.
They are mentioned because they do not naturally break down in the environment or body.
Instead, they extinguish from plastic containers and anti -stick cooking utensils in food and build in vital organs, which increases the risk of organ failure, infertility and some forms of cancer.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge took samples of 38 tribes of healthy bacteria that live in human intestine and brought them to laboratory mice.
They discovered that mice that wore human intestinal bacteria had up to 74 percent more ‘chemicals forever’ in their stools compared to mice without the bacteria within a few minutes after exposure.
This suggests that the toxins were placed on the bacteria while moving through the digestive tract, leaving the body through the stool.
Although mountains of research have shown deadly effects of chemicals forever, the new study is one of the first to show that they can be removed from the body instead of gathering there forever.
And it builds on recent research that shows a connection between PFAs and the digestive tract. A study published last month, for example, discovered that PFAS locks on bile acids in the intestine and eating fibers can help filter that excess bile.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge discovered that nine different tribes of healthy bacteria can forever reduce chemical levels by a maximum of 74 percent (stock image)
PFAS is a common contamination in many household items, from cooking utensils to hamburger wraps. It can remain in the environment and the human tissue for years, even for decades, before it is cleaned up
Dr. Kiran Patil, senior study author and toxicologist at the University of Cambridge, said: ‘Given the scale of the problem of PFAS’ Forever Chemicals’, in particular their effects on human health, it is worrying that so little is being done to remove it from our body.
‘We found that certain types of human intestinal bacteria have a remarkably high capacity to include PFAs from their environment in a series of concentrations, and to store them in their cells.
“Due to the aggregation of PFAs in these lumps, the bacteria themselves seem protected against the toxic effects.”
It is thought that PFA’s endocrine is disruptive chemicals, which means that they imitate the hormones of the body and disrupt the production of – and reaction – natural hormones such as estrogen and testosterone.
This increases the risk of developing hormone-sensitive cancers such as breast and ovarian cancer.
The study, published on Tuesday in the magazine Natural microbiologylooked at samples of 38 healthy bacteria in the intestine.
The researchers measured the effect of bacteria on the levels of the chemicals perfluoronone acid (PFNA) and perfluorectanoate acid (PFOA).
PFOA is considered by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to be a carcinogenic substances of group 1, which means that it causes cancer in animals. PFNA is now a carcinogen of group 2, which suggests that it can cause cancer in animals.
In the course of 24 hours, nine of the bacteria tested reduced exposure to PFNA by 25 to 74 percent and PFOA levels by 23 to 58 percent.
For both types of PFAs, Odoribacter Splancnicus led to the greatest reductions. It is thought that it produces the fatty acid butyrate of the short chain, that increases metabolism and immune function.
The team believes that PFAS is wearing the bacteria and is excreted by the stools from the body.
The researchers are now working on developing probiotic supplements to increase the levels of these healthy bacteria in the intestine.
Dr. Indra Roux, study co-author and researcher at the MRC Toxicology Unit of the University of Cambridge, said: ‘The reality is that PFAs are already in the environment and in our bodies, and we must try to alleviate their impact on our health now.
“We have found no way to destroy PFAs, but our findings open the possibility of developing ways to get them out of our body where they do the most harm.”
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