Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 10 : Fall 2011 | Page 66

Healthy You:

Nature to the Rescue!
by Kim Jones, Cary Medical Center

There have been countless medical and
•Research by the Collaborative on Health and the
pharmaceutical advancements that can be credited with Environment has revealed that 180 diseases can be directly
improving the quality of human life and greatly extended linked to the use of chemical contaminants.
our lifespan. The innovative pioneers responsible for these Note: Studies often link disease risk to the concentration and
developments are, in my humble opinion, simply amazing. It amount of chemical exposure.
takes a special person to spend thousands of hours hunched
If you wan