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Wouldn't we have learned with DDT that using
chemicals in our environment without absolute guaranteeing no
toxcity, is a real bad idea. Not only did DDT cause issues with
living things, such as putting the Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon
on the endangered list, it can stay intact for 15 or more
years.
DDT was the first organic pesticide. It was banned starting in 1970 with Sweden and
Norway. Tests done in the US in 2002 showed that 50% of the human
samples tested still contained traces of DDT, over 30 years
after it was no longer used in the continental US.
DDT is an organochlorine.
Some organochlorines have been shown to have weak estrogenic
activity; that is, they are chemically similar enough to estrogen to
trigger hormonal responses in contaminated animals. This
hormonal-mimicking activity has been observed when DDT is used in
laboratory studies involving mice and rats as test subjects, but
available epidemiological evidence does not indicate that these
effects have occurred in humans as a result of DDT exposure.
However, DDT as well as many other chemicals
accumulate in living tissues. As they accumulate and interact with
other chemicals who knows what the long term affects will be?
I mention DDT here only to show the introduction
of chemicals to our world continues practically unregulated for all
intense and purposes. It is up to us to prove a chemical is an issue
to get it removed from distribution not the chemical companies to
prove it is safe.
Some Key Points:
 | Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical in many
plastics, is a known
estrogen mimicker, and can cause hormone-disrupting effects,
toxicity, neurotoxicity, low sperm counts and even cancer. Some
of these effects occur in concentrations as low as two parts per
billion, and yet various studies have shown that plastic bottles
or canned foods can often expose consumers to far higher
concentrations (sometimes hundreds of times higher). This
product is used in baby bottles among other places... (click
here for more information from NewsTarget.com)
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| 1/3 of the food tested in the UK contains
pesticides - The Pesticide Residues Committee said that 1.7 percent of
3,787 food items tested in the U.K. exceeded the legal limits
for pesticide content, and 30.2 percent contained traces within
the legal limits. (Click
here for more information.) |
| Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), a chemical used
to keep nail polish from chipping, has been connected to cancer
in lab animals as well as long-term fertility issues in newborn
boys -- leaving the cosmetics industry in a heavy debate
over whether to continue use of the ingredient (Click
here for more information.) |
| A chemical called 1,4 dichlorobenzene (1,4
DCB) -- common in air fresheners -- may harm lung function.
"Even a small reduction in lung function may indicate some
harm to the lungs" said a recent study by the National
Institute of Environmental Health Services. (Click
here for more information.) |
| People who have been exposed to pesticides
run a 70 percent higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease
than people who aren't exposed to pesticides. The study --
comprised of roughly 143,000 men and women was published in the
July issue of Annals of Neurology. (Click
here for more information.) |
| Industrial chemicals are causing a
"silent pandemic" of brain disorders in one out of
every six children according to a new Harvard study published in
The Lancet.. (Click
here for more information.) |
| San Francisco will begin enforcing a ban on
the sale, distribution and manufacture of baby products that
contain any level of the toxic chemical bisphenol A or certain
levels of phthalates. Both chemicals -- which are used to harden
or soften plastic products -- can leach out of the plastic in
baby toys and products every time an infant puts it in its
mouth, causing possibly severe health problems. (Click
here for more information.) |
| DEA -- a chemical used as a wetting or
thickening agent in shampoos, soaps, hairsprays and
sunscreens -- seems to block absorption of the nutrient choline,
which is essential to brain development. While pregnant, women
require extra choline so that they may pass it on to the fetus. (Click
here for more information.) |
| organophosphates are used extensively in
agriculture to keep pests off fruit and vegetable crops, and
have been the target of environmentalist campaigns saying they
are hazardous to children's health. Environmental advocates say
the chemicals have been linked to neurological and fertility
problems, as well as cancer. (Click
here for more information.) |
| Could your home or office be making you
sick? Asthma, multiple chemical sensitivity, allergies,
cancer and many more illnesses can be traced to unsafe building
conditions. (Click
here for more information.) |
| Your medicine cabinet is one of the most
dangerous areas of your house, and not for the reasons you
may think. Lurking just behind your bathroom mirror, where all
of your favorite beauty products are housed, is a virtual toxic
nightmare. The growing list of synthetic ingredients
manufacturers add to their products is turning the most
innocent-looking shampoos and moisturizers into cocktails of
toxins that could cause cancer or reproductive damage over years
of sustained use. Modern cosmetics contain a host of dangerous
ingredients, which would be more at home in a test tube than in
our bodies. (Click
here for more information.) |
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And this list can go on and on and on and on
and on.........
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