Harmful chemicals are everywhere, but what does that mean for your body?

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Harmful chemicals are everywhere, but what does that mean for your body?
Topic Started: Jun 20 2016, 01:49 AM (101 Views)
Darcie	Jun 20 2016, 01:49 AM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	snip Quote: According to their findings, as many as 420 natural and man-made chemicals known to or likely to cause cancer were detected in blood, urine, hair and other human samples that were taken as part of the survey. Arsenic, lead, nitrate, a breakdown product of the insecticide DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) and chloroform were found in nearly every person participating in the survey. Benzene, which is widely used to manufacture plastics, synthetic fibers and lubricants, was found in more than a half. PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl), which is no longer produced in the U.S. but may still be found in old electrical equipment and products such as fluorescent light ballasts and plastics, was detected in between less than 5 percent to 100 percent of the people tested depending on the form of the chemical. According to the report, nine of the chemicals were estimated to be at toxicity levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety standards. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/harmful-chemicals-are-everywhere-but-what-does-that-mean-for-your-body/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour A dose of reality.



yaya	Jun 20 2016, 02:54 AM Post #2
Small Star Member Posts: 838 Group: Member Member #341 Joined: August 7, 2006	Some famiiy members, regardless of their lifestyle will come to the end of their lives without ever having cancer. It doesn't seem fair that anyone leading a healthy lifestyle should develop a type of cancer when the abuser of a lifestyle from the same family gets off scot free so to speak. What is fair about that is absolutely nothing.



Darcie	Jun 20 2016, 04:37 AM Post #3
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	First lesson I taught my kids, life is not fair, never think it should be or ever will be. After that you learn acceptance and learn how to tell the difference between what you can change and what you can't. Next lesson, never think that anyone will be grateful if you prove they are wrong, about anything.



Trotsky	Jun 21 2016, 03:18 AM Post #4
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: First lesson I taught my kids, life is not fair, never think it should be or ever will be. I wish somebody had taught me that.



Durgan	Jun 21 2016, 05:16 AM Post #5
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	Trotsky Jun 21 2016, 03:18 AM Quote: First lesson I taught my kids, life is not fair, never think it should be or ever will be. I wish somebody had taught me that. At least you survived the system with a great deal of your brain intact. That alone is a major accomplishment.



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