Since World War 11, more than 80,000 new chemicals have been invented.
Chemicals are everywhere, and put into everything from the pesticides and additives in our food, to our cosmetics and personal care items, in the medicine the doctor gives you and in our house-hold cleaning products.
Many of these 80,000 chemicals do not exist in nature, and have been dispersed widely into the environment, where they will persist for decades or even centuries.
Many pesticides have come from chemicals that were developed as nerve gas during World War 11 meaning that they were specifically designed to kill all life form quickly, during wartime.
The World Health Organisation estimates that more than 200,000 people are killed by pesticide poisons, worldwide every year. And in addition to that, four million children die each year from the effects of contaminated water and other toxic hazards. (see below)
A study by Environmental Working Group found that blood samples from newborn babies contained an average of 287 toxins, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides, and Teflon chemicals.
Of the 287 chemicals EWG detected in umbilical cord blood, it’s known that:
- 180 cause cancer in humans or animals
- 217 are toxic to your brain and nervous system
- 208 cause birth defects or abnormal development in animal tests
“We are living in a world loaded with toxicants, these small daily exposures build up in our bodies and cause adverse health problems.” Dr. Walter Crinnion MD.
What can I do?
The good news is that these chemicals have a “short half-life” meaning if you stop them, you’ll get an 84% reduction of toxins in your body after three weeks.
“Change your diet, change your lifestyle and all of sudden you’re not going to have these things running around your blood stream. It’s mind boggling that these chemicals are all associated with all the common problems that are plaguing everybody!”Dr. Crinnion MD.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Chemical Hazard Data Availability Study: What Do We Really Know About the Safety of High Production Volume Chemicals?Washington, DC: Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 1998.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Program. Washington, DC, February 21, 2008.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Atlanta (GA): CDC, 2005.
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