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title: "Unveiling Environmental Toxins: Their Role in Autoimmunity and Chronic Inflammation"
date: 2026-06-15T16:00:00Z
modified: 2026-06-20T00:31:02Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/unveiling-environmental-toxins-their-role-in-autoimmunity-and-chronic-inflammation/"
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  - Autoimmune
  - Inflammation Investigator Podcast
  - Multiple Sclerosis
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author: Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Yarnell highlights environmental toxins and introduces the “body burden” study, using a tolerance bucket analogy to explain how toxins accumulate and breach tolerance thresholds, leading to immune system overload. Elizabeth explores how toxins enter the body and their potential impacts. She encourages listeners with a call to action to raise awareness and take proactive steps towards managing environmental exposures.

## [Listen to this podcast episode here.](https://podcast.elizabethyarnell.net/episodes/pOfAsn5WtBk)

(0:00) Rethinking autoimmunity and chronic conditions as alarm bells
(1:18) Environmental toxins: Body burden study and tolerance bucket analogy
(3:14) Breaching tolerance thresholds and immune system overload
(5:27) Toxin entry points and their impact
(6:00) Share your discoveries and support the podcast
(7:18) Conclusion and call to action​

The Inflammation Investigator: Chronic Illness & Autoimmune