Posted on 02/24/2010 7:50:30 PM PST by FReepaholic
Scientists are increasingly becoming aware of a new mechanism by which pollutants can damage the health of living organisms -- epigenetic changes, in which a chemical changes how a gene is expressed...
...Like mutations, epigenetic effects can be passed on to a person's offspring...
..."There is a huge potential impact from these exposures, partly because the changes may be inherited across generations,"...
(Excerpt) Read more at naturalnews.com ...
Exodus 34:7 "...visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation..."
That was a very interesting insight. Thank you.
Fascinating field of study, but a little too easily misunderstood. Being too afraid of “chemicals” can kill people too :p
There is possibility that this whole “epigenetic” thing may be
based on voodoo science. Take a very close look at it; it smells of Lamarkism.
Possibly. But it’s still fascinating.
http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/children_of_alcoholics
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