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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b

18 years ago

(posted this originally on SOE forum, but thought some here might be interested as well)

I heard about this on Thurs. - CDC, etc., but had not been able to see details 'til now:

**July 22, 2005

Dozens of Chemicals Found in Most Americans' Bodies

The concentration is especially high in children, a national study says. But experts aren't sure what the health effects are.

By Marla Cone, Times Staff Writer

In the largest study of chemical exposure ever conducted on human beings, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that most American children and adults were carrying in their bodies dozens of pesticides and toxic compounds used in consumer products, many of them linked to potential health threats.

The report documented bigger doses in children than in adults of many chemicals, including some pyrethroids, which are in virtually every household pesticide, and phthalates, which are found in nail polish and other beauty products as well as in soft plastics.....

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http://www.latimes.com/features/health/kids/la-na-chemicals22jul22,1,3669125.story?coll=la-health-kids&ctrack=1&cset=true]

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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
Original Author
18 years ago
Also posted @ the SOE forum, in same thread....

Here's another study from EWG - on the umbilical cord blood of newborns.....

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2005

CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs, 202/667-6982

Group Asks CDC to Test Babies' Umbilical Cord Blood for Pollution

Do Chemical Companies Know
Where Their Toxins End Up?

WASHINGTON, July 21 Â As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today releases its third national body burden study measuring the pollution in people, Environmental Working Group (EWG) calls upon the government to begin testing the umbilical cord blood of newborn babies. EWG also sent letters to 20 top chemical manufacturers asking them to release any internal tests to determine whether their products pollute babies.

The letters follow a benchmark investigation EWG released last week commissioning laboratory tests of 10 umbilical cord blood samples for the most extensive array of industrial chemicals, pesticides and other pollutants ever studied in newborns. EWG found that the babies averaged 200 contaminants in their blood, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and the Teflon chemical PFOA. In total, the babies' blood contained 287 chemicals, including 209 never before detected in cord blood. ...**

[Lots more info @ the linked page]

How ironic! Expectant mothers shunning caffeine, alcohol, cigarettes, etc. - seems they may be wasting their efforts >= P

Here is a link that might be useful: Report
vgkg Z-7 Va
18 years ago
Remember the 60's slogan : "Better living through Chemistry", welcome to the future :o(
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Here's another study from EWG - on the umbilical cord blood of newborns..... ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2005 CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs, 202/667-6982 Group Asks CDC to Test Babies' Umbilical Cord Blood for Pollution Do Chemical Companies Know Where Their Toxins End Up? WASHINGTON, July 21 Â As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today releases its third national body burden study measuring the pollution in people, Environmental Working Group (EWG) calls upon the government to begin testing the umbilical cord blood of newborn babies. EWG also sent letters to 20 top chemical manufacturers asking them to release any internal tests to determine whether their products pollute babies. The letters follow a benchmark investigation EWG released last week commissioning laboratory tests of 10 umbilical cord blood samples for the most extensive array of industrial chemicals, pesticides and other pollutants ever studied in newborns. EWG found that the babies averaged 200 contaminants in their blood, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and the Teflon chemical PFOA. In total, the babies' blood contained 287 chemicals, including 209 never before detected in cord blood. ...** [Lots more info @ the linked page] How ironic! Expectant mothers shunning caffeine, alcohol, cigarettes, etc. - seems they may be wasting their efforts >= P Here is a link that might be useful: Report
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swanz
18 years ago
I wonder what fraction of this is diet related as opposed to
envirnmental exposure? I buy the bottled water in plastic containers
and can sometimes taste the plastic-like flavor of the container.
I've read somewhere that they are discovering estrogen like hormones
in these containers.

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