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Commercial dishwashers destroy protective layer in gut

Whether it’s at a restaurant, at school or in the barracks, commercial dishwashers help plates, glasses and cutlery become squeaky clean and dry in a matter of minutes. These practical appliances come with risks, however, as was recently discovered in a new study by researchers at the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), an associated institute of the University of Zurich (UZH). One ingredient in particular found in commercial rinse agents has a toxic effect on the gastrointestinal tract.
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Note - this isn’t just about commercial dishwashers, the toxic component is also found in Jet Dry and other things you may be using in your own dishwasher.

“The researchers used a newly developed technology for their study – human intestinal organoids and intestinal cells on microchips. The tissue forms a three-dimensional clump of cells that is very similar to the intestinal epithelium in humans. The team used various biomolecular methods to analyze the effect that commercial detergents and rinse aids have on these cells. They diluted these substances to reflect the amounts that would be present on dry dishes (1:10,000 to 1:40,000).

The result was that high doses of rinse agents killed the intestinal epithelial cells and lower doses made it more permeable. Researchers also observed the activation of several genes and cell signaling proteins that could trigger inflammatory responses. A more detailed analysis showed that one component of the rinse agent – alcohol ethoxylates – was responsible for this reaction.

According to Akdis, these findings have significant implications for public health. “The effect that we found could mark the beginning of the destruction of the gut’s epithelial layer and trigger the onset of many chronic diseases,” he says. Akdis calls for an immediate response: “It is important to inform the public about this risk, since alcohol ethoxylates seem to be commonly used in commercial dishwashers.”

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ah, mary hartman, mary hartman, a show that reveled in the unexpected, the taboo, and the outright bizarre. yet one of its oddities lied in a little-remembered story arc that portrayed and insisted on the normalcy of something that remained contested–and criminalized–in the united states: homosexuality.

late in the show's first season, viewers meet the hartman's new neighbors, brothers ed and howard mccullough and their eccentric mother, betty. the mccullough's immediately stir suspicion due to their secretive ways and seemingly hostile efforts to ward outsiders away from their private lives. for ed and howard do have a secret: they are not brothers at all; they are lovers who for years have operated a delicate masquerade until they're outed and forced to move time and time again. while at first they're determined that they will settle once and for all, never to flee again, they question whether the charade is worth the suffering, and it eventually falls apart. at the end of their arc, ed and howard decide to come out, and even to get married.

these episodes aired in the summer of 1976 following the us supreme court decision of doe v. commonwealth's attorney of richmond, which upheld states' rights to institute laws banning homosexuality. the reversal of that decision would not come until the next century, nor, of course, would the right to same-sex marriage.

mary hartman represented the legal, social and emotional realities of gay americans in the wake of the '76 ruling. ed and howard decide that while they are no 'crusaders,' they will no longer allow homophobia to force them into hiding or even prevent them from having a 'normal' life which, for them, included being married. if this was not a historic first in american television, it was at least an extremely rare, and extremely sympathetic representation for its time and for many, many years to come.

these clips come from youtube user why i am who i am's playlist "32 minutes of television that proved I was OK"–composed entirely of ed and howard's scenes on mary hartman, mary hartman. as i made this video and commentary, i recognize for me it's intellectually interesting, but that for those watching 45 years ago, it might have been life-changing, or saving.