Auto-Immune Disease

Autoimmune diseases have increased dramatically worldwide since World War II.  This rapid increase coincided with the production and use of chemicals both in industrial countries and agriculture, as well as the ease of travel from region to region and continent to continent, making the transfer of a pathogen or pathogens from one part of the world to another much easier than ever before. Although autoimmune disease has a nexus in genetics, the triggers of autoimmunity are often environmental. The number of possible environmental triggers is vast and includes chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and molds.