More on Carboxylic Acid: One Possible Cause of Alzheimer’s

Introduction

In a previous paper, I showed how Cresol may be the culprit in causing Dementia. Second, I postulated that carboxylic acid from oil fired power plants may be a culprit as well, but nothing was conclusive, merely suggestive. Third, the idea that cancer and dementia are mutually exclusive diseases. In this paper, I consider the fundamental chemistry that shows how the equations may run from Cresol; to Carboxylic Acid; to Acetylene; to Carbon Monoxide. Carbon Monoxide is known to kills brain cells, thus dementia and Alzheimer’s. We begin then with the chemical equations of the functional groups.

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Opinion

Chlorine is the important agent in Cresol. Many workers were exposed to Cresol on docklands, railyards. Smoked- meat shops, and military uses. Note in Figure 1, that water has a dipolar charge that draws the chlorine away from the acid. In its place is the OH- Hydroxide Ion. Note that the Hydroxide Ion could form hydrogen peroxide which is important in the cause o f cancer. As the chlorine is pulled off of the Acid Chloride, it is replaced with hydroxide. This then gives us carboxylic acid (Figure 2) [1, 2].

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Figure 3 illustrates how the Carboxylic Acid turns to Acetylene and Oxygen. The combustion of acetylene yields Carbon Monoxide which is known to kill human brain cells; thus leading to Dementia [3, 4, 5].

Conclusion

This could well be a pathway for dementia in some cases.

Cresol was widely used and so are oil fired power plants and oil refineries up wind of residential neighbourhoods [6]. Suggest that neighbourhoods such as East Saint John, NB Canada be studied to determine if there is indeed a higher than normal incidence of Alzheimer’s.