| We have known for some time, with the | | | | studies to damage endocrine, reproductive and |
| evidence continuing to mount, that many | | | | nervous systems. |
| man-made chemicals found in our environment | | | | Texas Tech University researchers found the |
| are also found in our bodies. Many of these | | | | rocket fuel perchlorate in samples of breast milk |
| chemicals are carcinogenic. The unknowns include | | | | nationwide. The Environmental Working Group |
| how much chemical accumulation will cause cancer | | | | found traces of 287 chemicals in the umbilical cord |
| and what is the effect of small amounts of | | | | blood of 10 infants they tested. The Center for |
| hundreds of chemicals accumulating in our body. | | | | Disease Control (CDC) in a study of 2,500 |
| It is also very difficult to "prove" direct cause of | | | | Americans in 2003 found all of the 116 man-made |
| effect, i.e.; chemical = a specific cancer in a | | | | pollutants being investigated in the blood of these |
| person. The reference for the study mentioned | | | | volunteers. |
| above appeared in the Journal of Applied | | | | Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical found in many |
| Toxicology vol.24, p.5. It referenced the | | | | plastic products including baby bottles and other |
| presence of preservatives used in personal care | | | | bottles in wide use and in personal care |
| products, cosmetics and some foods in the tumor | | | | products. BPA disrupts hormone function. One |
| tissue itself. Did this chemical preservative cause | | | | in five American four year olds is obese. |
| the cancer? That cannot be determined with | | | | Overweight girls had significantly higher levels of |
| scientific certainty but there are several points to | | | | phthalates (BPA type chemicals) in their body |
| be made. What other toxic chemicals may have | | | | compared to the general population of children. |
| been present providing additional carcinogenic | | | | Metabolic syndrome, low testosterone levels in |
| effects? Only one chemical was tested for in | | | | men, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, |
| the tumor tissue. From my viewpoint we would | | | | neuro-developmental problems, chronic fatigue, |
| all be less likely to develop cancer if we had | | | | fibromyalgia and many more chronic health |
| fewer toxins in our bodies. | | | | problems are tied to the presence of these |
| The human body as well as the bodies of animals, | | | | chemicals in the bodies of victims of these |
| fish and fowl deposit toxins, as a protective | | | | diseases. We sincerely hope more physicians will |
| mechanism, in adipose tissue, that is to say fat | | | | start to address these problems in their medical |
| tissue. The breast is primarily adipose tissue. | | | | practices and offices. There are treatment |
| The nursing infant will ingest chemicals from his | | | | programs to help reduce the levels in the body |
| her mother during lactation and these chemicals, | | | | and your lifestyle choices can insure you reduce |
| including pesticides, have been shown in animal | | | | exposure. It is an urgent health issue. |