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This can include pesticides or insecticides - roundup, bedbug killing pesticides, pyrethoids, carbamates, organophosphates, organochlorines, etc.
During the whole bedbug mania about 10 years ago, I was exposed to pyrethoids and other bedbug insecticides - how much, I'm not sure. I'm also not sure about the 'breakdown products' of the insecticides that may have developed and contributed to further toxicity in my home. Pyrethoids were thought to be relatively harmless to humans but evidence of immune dysfunction and neurodegenerative diseases being caused by them has been found.
It's possible that exposure has caused immunosuppression which left me susceptible to bacteria/viruses that I wouldn't ordinarily have had a problem with.
Wondering how many of you would have also been exposed. Seems like a credible mechanism.
The odd thing is I think it's pretty hard to prove conclusively, as I'm not sure existing medical tests can determine whether you've taken damage from pesticides/insecticides.
During the whole bedbug mania about 10 years ago, I was exposed to pyrethoids and other bedbug insecticides - how much, I'm not sure. I'm also not sure about the 'breakdown products' of the insecticides that may have developed and contributed to further toxicity in my home. Pyrethoids were thought to be relatively harmless to humans but evidence of immune dysfunction and neurodegenerative diseases being caused by them has been found.
It's possible that exposure has caused immunosuppression which left me susceptible to bacteria/viruses that I wouldn't ordinarily have had a problem with.
Wondering how many of you would have also been exposed. Seems like a credible mechanism.
The odd thing is I think it's pretty hard to prove conclusively, as I'm not sure existing medical tests can determine whether you've taken damage from pesticides/insecticides.