The Human Exposome Project is mapping every environmental factor that impacts your health

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The Human Exposome Project is mapping every environmental factor that impacts your health

While your DNA provides a blueprint for life, the Human Exposome Project aims to map every external influence you encounter, from the air you breathe to the food you eat.

The Human Exposome Project represents a massive scientific effort to catalog every environmental exposure an individual experiences from conception to death. While the Human Genome Project mapped our internal code, researchers now believe that up to 90 percent of chronic diseases are actually triggered by external factors.

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