Pollution in People
From CommonDreams.org: “We’re walking, talking waste dumps.”
Eight months ago, 10 Washingtonians volunteered blood, urine and hair samples to the Washington Toxics Coalition to be tested for eight classes of chemicals.
The results are in, and they are not pretty.
It wouldn’t be kind to say that these 10 are walking toxic waste dumps, but their levels of phthalates (found in such diverse products as shower curtains and fragrances), PBDEs (found in flame retardants, mattresses and furniture), mercury, pesticides, lead and other chemicals were high enough to make both scientists and subjects sit up and take notice.
Check out the study’s Web site here for details about the results it found and what we can do about them. Don’t fret if, at any time, you feel lost in an alphabet soup—you can always look up any unfamiliar terms in Green Home’s faboo Toxipedia.
Sphinx said,
May 30, 2006 at 11:09 am
A similar study was done in Canada a couple of years ago. My former boss, who runs and environmental organization and is very aware of what goes into her body (ie tries to limit the amount of chemicals that she takes in) was one of the participants. Even she did not fare very well. The full report is available at http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/toxicnation/pollutionInYou/pollutionInYou.htm
Another website you might be interested in is this one, which helps consumer choose less toxic products: http://www.lesstoxicguide.ca/index.asp
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