Hundreds of man-made chemicals in our air, our water, and our food could be damaging the most basic building blocks of human development
*Bad Chemistry*
by Gay Daly
*Hundreds of man-made chemicals -- in our air, our water, and our food -- could be damaging the most basic building blocks of human development*.
http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/06win/chem1.asp
http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/06win/chem.pdf
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Postscript: For decades, an industry song and dance has had the lyrics, But there's no proof that these chemicals are affecting humans. However, this past year, major findings have demonstrated that humans too are affected by endocrine disrupting chemicals.
*EPA's current 'reference doses' for exposure to several phthalates may be far too high, perhaps by as much as a factor of 100-fold or more.* The reference dose is the level thought low enough to cause no adverse effects. This conclusion is based upon calculations, using pharmokinetic models, of the maternal exposures that would have been required to cause urinary phthalate metabolite levels associated with altered genital tract development in boys.
http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/phthalates/2006/2006-0205marseeetal.htm
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PSS: Some of us have read one or more of Theo Colborn's scientific papers. the pdf above includes a picture of the lovely, caring, 78yo Theo Colborn.
Teresa
by Gay Daly
*Hundreds of man-made chemicals -- in our air, our water, and our food -- could be damaging the most basic building blocks of human development*.
http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/06win/chem1.asp
http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/06win/chem.pdf
* * * *
Postscript: For decades, an industry song and dance has had the lyrics, But there's no proof that these chemicals are affecting humans. However, this past year, major findings have demonstrated that humans too are affected by endocrine disrupting chemicals.
*EPA's current 'reference doses' for exposure to several phthalates may be far too high, perhaps by as much as a factor of 100-fold or more.* The reference dose is the level thought low enough to cause no adverse effects. This conclusion is based upon calculations, using pharmokinetic models, of the maternal exposures that would have been required to cause urinary phthalate metabolite levels associated with altered genital tract development in boys.
http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/phthalates/2006/2006-0205marseeetal.htm
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PSS: Some of us have read one or more of Theo Colborn's scientific papers. the pdf above includes a picture of the lovely, caring, 78yo Theo Colborn.
Teresa
rudkla - 18. Feb, 10:05
