Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

There have been many scientific studies done on the effects toxic chemicals have on our bodies, but what about our children’s?  The increase in recent years of learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders has been passed off as “we can identify these diseases better now” or “we are catching children we might have missed ten years ago”.  However several new studies have concluded that the increase in children’s disorders, childhood cancers, many birth diseases, and even infertility may all be caused in part by constant exposure to toxic chemicals.

Brain cancer in children has been on the rise for the past thirty years.  Part of the reason can be explained through better testing methods and early identification, but that doesn’t account for the last decade or so of continuously growing numbers.  In response to the overwhelming statistics, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently begun investigating the “combined effects of modern chemicals as an explanation for the rising rates of brain and neurological cancers among US children.”  While the EPA does require chemical testing at present, current laws mandate testing one chemical at a time.  Real world exposure is a cocktail of chemicals constantly fed to us and our children in low doses.  From chemical preservatives and flavors in food to pesticides used outdoors to fabric softeners in their clothes to vehicle exhaust, we are incessantly bombarded with a multitude of chemicals.

“The effects of these chemical exposures can then become evident in later years as learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, mental retardation or personality and behavior difficulties such as shyness, hyperactivity, aggression or even violent tendencies and lack of conscience.”  Recent research indicates that unborn children are extremely vulnerable to toxins and they are being exposed to compounds which were unheard of thirty to fifty year ago.  Infertility may also be caused in part by toxic chemical exposure.  In 1993, several doctors at an infertility clinic noticed many farmers in their clientele.  They decided to investigate and found, “what was particularly noteworthy was that the concentrations of some environmental toxins were generally clearly higher in those semen specimens which did not lead to fertilization as opposed to those specimens from which a pregnancy resulted…the number of farmers being remarkably higher in the group seeking [fertility aid] than in the control group within the same time period. This conspicuously high prevalence can probably be explained by the increased exposure to chemical sprays … These toxic chemicals probably have a detrimental effect on male fertility and therefore we suggest more caution in the way they are handled.”

For more information about toxic chemicals and your exposure to them, please visit www.environmentaldiseases.com

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