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⚡ JUST PUBLISHED: New research paper on an #AI model that can indicate which compounds perform better against various strains of bacteria, aiding the fight against #AMR.
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Microorganisms for Household Cleaning and Pet Care

[Read on Ethical Revolution]

Last year I was listening to the Accidental Gods podcast with Manda Scott @Eceni (which had been recommended to me by Jonathan Schofield @urlyman) and the first episode I listened to really chimed with some intuitions I feel I’ve held for a long time.

It’s a brilliant episode and well worth a listen for some fantastic insight in to the benefits of using microorganisms over the traditional chemicals we use in both cleaning and pet care. In it we learn from Joe Flanagan of their contrasting effects on human, animal and planetary health.

Joe has set up a company with his wife called Ingenious Probiotics which harnesses the power of live, naturally-sourced microorganisms to create sustainable care and cleaning products with enhanced functions and benefits. Their focus on health and ecology ensure these are true microbiome innovations for a sustainable future. 

Read more on the science and ethics behind probiotics

Having had conversations right at the heart of power with the UK Health Secretary and industry heavyweights who control NHS contracts, Joe sheds some light on the powerful and dark forces that are essentially keeping us bound to the chemicals that he thinks are likely to kill us off long before the effects of climate change do!

So much of what he said resonated with me. For a long time I’ve tried to avoid traditional chemical cleaning products, whether that be in household cleaning: washing up liquids, detergents etc. or personal hygiene in terms of shampoos and that sort of thing.

It makes total sense to me that we should not be sanitising surfaces in a way that wipes out 99.9 of bacteria (for only a matter of moments) before it is all instantly recolonised again, only this time starting out with the strongest, deadliest 0.01% of bad bacteria that didn’t get wiped out, making them ever more dominant!

Indeed that’s why we now get superbugs such as MRSA. What we think is making things clean is actually making our living environments more dangerous, ramping up anti-microbial resistance and at the same time advancing a heavily polluted world of forever chemicals.

Read more probiotic cleaning for reducing antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

The Hidden Dangers in Conventional Cleaning Products

Many traditional cleaning products contain carcinogens and harmful chemicals that are not always listed on the label. A 10 year study found people working as cleaners who used conventional products were 58% more likely to develop lung cancer than office workers. Meanwhile a 20 year study revealed that using some cleaning products can be as harmful to the lungs as smoking twenty cigarettes a day.

Read more about how non-toxic cleaning products help reduce cancer risks

Ingenious Probiotics as part of the Ethical Revolution

Having listened to the episode I got in touch with Joe who sent me a sample of their Universal concentrate cleaner for use on practically anything, along with a couple of probiotic pet care products. I made a video demonstrating their use and the effect they had.

Probiotic Household Cleaner

The idea is that by using probiotics you clean in a natural way that restores healthy balance to your living environment.

There’s no need to use harsh chemicals when naturally-sourced, eco-friendly products do a better job.

Probiotic cleaning formulas can be used in place of your usual household cleaning chemicals, sprays, air fresheners and harsh detergents to keep your home clean and hygienic without exposing you, your family or your pets to toxic residues and fumes.

And because the Universal Concentrate Cleaner contains a cocktail of probiotics just a tiny amount of it goes a long way, making a 1 litre bottle last a lot longer than traditional cleaner of the same size.

All of the products supplied by Ingenious Probiotics are:

  • Vegan
  • Cruelty-free
  • Free from harmful chemicals, toxins and carcinogens.
  • Eco-positive: better for humans, pets and our environment.
  • Scientifically proven to be safe for respiratory health and indoor air quality.
  • Hypo-allergenic, non-irritating and suitable for sensitive skin.
  • In bottles made using ocean recycled plastic that are fully recyclable.

Probiotic Pet Care

As Ingenious Probiotics have a range of probiotics for pet care I also told Joe about our dogs. He sent me some treatments and gave me some advice. I made a video of the treatments in action. Here’s the low-down on the dogs, their issues and the treatments:

Breath

So, Bob, is 15 going on 5 – still has his ‘joie de vivre’ and loves nothing more than running about after balls with his three year old pals, Ted & Ralph. Incidentally they’re all fed vegan diets as have all our animals been and all have lived long and healthy lives (I’ll make a video on their diets at some point). But Bob’s breath isn’t the greatest these days. In the absence of a ‘smellibell’ monitor I bravely put my nasal receptors in the vicinity for you to judge my reaction!

Ooof! Yep, so Joe says that using good bacteria to out compete the problem causing bacteria in the mouth should do the trick – A couple of sprays of LUCAA+ Pet Probiotic Dental Care each side of the mouth twice a day – Getting the probiotics to the inside of the lips, with no need to make the dog open his mouth wide.

The LUCAA+ Pet Probiotic Dental Care is naturally sourced from plants and is packed with beneficial good probiotic bacteria that will quickly restore a healthy microflora balance in the dog’s mouth. It helps clean the teeth and gums on a microbial level and inhibiting the growth of harmful bacteria.

I did this for a few weeks and then repeated my ‘smellibell’ test to see if there was any noticeable difference! Joe noted that because of his age and therefore years of build up of plaque and tartar, it may be a little more difficult to eradicate odour (but it wasn’t!) and that other case studies have shown it to be an effective remedy when used from a younger age. Here’s one with four year old Dexter.

“Probiotic dental spray reduces plaque and tartar build up and bad breath, as well as the risk of inflammation and periodontal disease.”

Skin

Next it was Ralph’s turn. Despite him and Ted coming from the same litter and having the same diet and living environment Ralph does seem to have skin issues which Ted doesn’t suffer from. Whether it’s related or not his coat is also not as thick and he has some balder patches.

For this Joe said that there are quite a few possible contributing factors for skin issues. He recommended I use the Allergen Free spray to out compete any types of bad bacteria that might cause dermatitis and as reduce bio allergens at the same time. I was advised to use it both directly on to the skin and over bedding, starting twice a day and monitoring to reduce down when things began to improve.

The Allergen Free spray is naturally sourced from plants and is packed with beneficial good probiotic bacteria to restore a healthy skin microbiome, reducing the risk of itchy, flaky skin, excessive scratching, hotspots and rashes.

Other things that might contribute to skin conditions would be diet, antibacterial products, anxiety, mites (you would know if that were the case) and yeast (usually related to diet). Of all of those the only one that is different between Ted & Ralph is anxiety. It’s true that Ralph has a more anxious personality. So if the problem was from anxiety I was unsure whether the spray would have an effect or not.

However, looking at a case study on beautiful Molly the symptoms seem almost identical to Ralph. With Molly there was a noticeable improvement within a couple of weeks and big improvements after a few months. I gave it a go on Ralph AKA ‘Wiggles’ (from the way he saunters in to a room to excitedly greet you!) and reported back a few weeks later.

Read How Probiotic Cleaning and Pet Care Supports a Circular Economy

You can see in the videos just how effective the probiotic pet treatments were, so I highly recommend them.

A healthier, safer and greener future

To move towards a healthier, safer and greener future we should all be switching to environmental probiotic cleaning products and pet care.

Read some more about Ingenious Probiotics here.

Watch my video checking out the products and trialling two of them on my dogs.

[Via Ethical Revolution]

Ethical Revolution · Microorganisms for Household Cleaning and Pet Care - Ethical Revolution
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Ingenious Probiotics

Ingenious Probiotics offer a probiotic option for general cleaning and for topical applications when caring for animals.

There are many ways we can reduce our chemical exposure and therefore our chemical effect on the planet. Ingenious Probiotics work in line with nature by using good, health affirming bacteria to out-compete problem causing pathogen types. This is stark contrast to the traditional kill-all-bacteria-regardless-of-the-negative-effect chemical approach.

Ingenious Probiotics for Household Cleaning

Chemicals in the home are linked a number of health issues and a great many of them come from our cleaning products. Making a probiotic based cleaning range available helps reduce exposure in the home to the chemicals in these everyday use items.

General cleaning that we take for granted – getting your car washed, having your workplace cleaned, spraying an “air freshener” – when using traditional chemical cleaners contributes to us pumping millions of litres of harsh chemicals into the UK environment. Ingenious Probiotics have formulated a naturally sourced alternative for all of the these.

In an age where the chemicals in the oceans have reached a stage where they are altering the evaporation rate, everything we can possibly do to reduce their use can only be good.

Awareness of our microbiome and how important it is, not just to our health but to the healthy operation of the planet, is growing. And even those of us who are less aware of the impact of chemical pollution from everyday cleaning products are beginning to understand that breathing in products designed specifically to kill all bacteria (into bodies that are heavily dependent on a diverse range of bacteria) may not actually be the cleverest idea.

Ingenious Probiotics for Pet Care

Probiotics can also help animals’ bodies repair themself by providing a healthy, balanced microbiome for the skin, ear and teeth. The solutions formulated by Ingenious Probiotics for pets keep these areas full of good bacteria and reduce the presence of the bad bacteria that can cause problems like dermatitis, plaque/tartar, recurring ear bacterial problems and more.

Using Ingenious Probiotics over traditional pet care products can lead to a reduction in the requirement of pharmaceuticals and therefore fewer chemicals finding their way into the environment, and a reduction in the issue of AMR* (anti-microbial resistance).

*The World Health Organisation says that AMR will be killing more of us than cancer by the year 2050. AMR is caused by the overuse or incorrect use of two things – anti-bacterial chemicals and antibiotics. Sometimes only antibiotics will do, and we are lucky to have them, but we must help maintain their efficacy by using them only when necessary.

[Via Ethical Revolution]

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I mean, I don't expect a #Tablet to have good #Audio quality.

  • Frankly I'd be content with #Codec2-level #AMR since no carrier properly implements #AMRWB anyway. Everyone who even halfasses #AudioQuality will plug in a headset anyway...

But being able to just chug in a #SIM and test it by calling it is something people do need rather often!

  • Even if it's just for a few calls...

infosec.space/@kkarhan/1138655

Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)Attached: 1 image [#TLDR: JUST TELL ME *IF* YOUR TABLET CAN DO #CALLS!] #DearVendors of #Android-#Tablets: Off all the #Functions you can put into a #Specifications Sheet of your Devices there's one you should *ALWAYS answer clearly* on your #Website: *DOES YOUR TABLET [with #4G / #5G / …) SUPPORT MAKE PHONE CALLS?* - *NOT* "It can run #WhatsApp" (or *whatever shitty #CCSS for #VoIP* you think of)... - *NOT* "It can do #CSD / #HSCSD / #2G / #3G /..." - *But* DOES IT SUPPORT #GSM-#Calls (and/or #VoLTE)?? Like: *IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO HAVE THAT INFO IN THE SPECSHEETS?* You're obviously able to list all the #Codecs natively supported and the user-available storage as well as supported Frequency Bands, WWAN modes, WiFi channel width and the Display Glass vs. Panel dimensions including DPI of the latter and whether or not it has a hall effect sensor to detect your overpriced 1st party tablet covers! Now some folks may ask: *"WHY does this matter?"* or outright dismiss this as a problem. Listen: Not everyone is able or willing to carry *two* devices when 1 *SHOULD BE ENOUGH* and also some places (i.e. #Turkey) have #ImportRestrictions re: #MobileDevices, so having more than 1 #IMEI is already a *"NOPE!"* by the authorities. - Also this isn't something one can *"fix"* post-purchase like installing #VLC to decode some obscure file format in Software: Either *the #Baseband and #ROM support #PhoneCalls or they don't!* So why do *NONE* of the #Tablet manufacturers allow to #search or #filter for that??? - Bonus points if you have lazy fucks like #HMD (aka. #Nokia) who literally copy the #Safety & #Useage information for all #Smartphones and #Tablets and don't even bother to change *"Mobile Phone"* for *"Tablet"*. *NO*, instead one has to download an *obscenely huge #PDF* just to then [read on page 34](https://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/202410/20241010132004137/SM-X11X_X21X_UM_Open_UU_Ger_Rev.1.2_240925.pdf) that for any *"#telephony"* function you *NEED YET ANOTHER DEVICE FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND HAVE TO SIGNUP WITH AN ACCOUNT* and even that level of #abuse WON'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WORKS... - I mean, come on, this *ain't* some *obscure functionality* like #OMAPI to do some *"evil sourcery"* like *managing an #eSIM that is in a #SIM-Card form factor*! Pretty shure *A LOT* of other folks have the same question and ain't willing to get *yet another device & #SIM* just to recieve *the occasional call* because #TechIlliterates can't be assed to send an #eMail or learn #XMPP+#OMEMO to message one... - Obviously they same manufacturers are *able and willing* to specify *f-stops* of the built-in cameras and list *EVERY SINGLE #WEARABLE* they made and certify as *'compatible'* with, as if *anyone* is gonna take their non-#waterproof #Tablet for a marathon or god forbid triathlon... #Rant #TechSupport #Technology #Support #Sysadmin #Procurement #IT #SpecSheet #Tech

🦠 Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a growing problem. Can ‘bacteria-eaters’ help? A research team at #ChariteBerlin has now succeeded in training bacteriophages – viruses that ‘eat’ bacteria – in such a way that they can better combat the pathogen P. aeruginosa even behind its protective shield, the biofilm.

👉 charite.de/en/research/paper_s

Because #PhageTherapy is still in its infancy: Please use #antibiotics cautiously!

@KunischFabian #medicine #science #AMR #FutureMedicine #ScienceMastodon

🦠 Antibiotikaresistente Bakterien sind ein zunehmendes Problem. Können „Bakterienfresser“ hier helfen? #ChariteBerlin-Forschenden ist es jetzt gelungen, Bakteriophagen – also Viren, die Bakterien „fressen“ – so zu trainieren, dass sie den Erreger P. aeruginosa hinter seinem Schutzschild, dem Biofilm, besser bekämpfen können.

👉 charite.de/forschung/paper_spo

Weil die #Phagentherapie aber noch in den Kinderschuhen steckt: #Antibiotika bitte umsichtig verwenden!

@KunischFabian #Medizin #Forschung #AMR

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Water Quality and AMR 💧🦠

The effects of climate change on water systems are multifaceted:

• Increased #runoff and #flooding contribute to the dissemination of #contaminants.

• Alterations in #aquatic #ecosystems may favour the proliferation of specific #bacterial populations.

#Wastewater treatment facilities encounter significant challenges.

#Microplastics may function as #vectors for the transmission of #AMR #genes.

#WaterQuality #AMRSpread

doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2022.279

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Climate Change & Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): One Health Perspective Thread 🌍🦠

What is One Health?

It is primarily the recognition of the links between humans, animals & the environment that is crucial to understanding and addressing their complex relationships. In this thread, specifically climate change and AMR.

To do it, we need a #multidisciplinary approach. I will briefly highlight the major areas of concern.

IRL, it is more nuanced.

#ClimateChange #AMR #OneHealth

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