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Bearing the Burden: Health Implications of Environmental Pollutants in Our

Bodies

 

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In response to CDC's 2003 National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental

Chemicals, Physicians for Social Responsibility, a nonprofit public health

organization with over 22,000 members, has issued a companion report, Bearing

the Burden: Health Implications of Environmental Pollutants in Our Bodies, to

help interpret CDC's findings. PSR's report provides user-friendly profiles,

describes the chemicals and discusses their adverse health effects. Click here

to read the press release.

 

PSR's Bearing the Burden includes information about the chemical types included

in the 2003 National Exposure Report. Detailed profiles for many of the

chemicals can be found in the full report which describe potential sources of

exposure, health effects, methods for detecting exposure, and federal

regulations for protecting human health. An easy-to-read chart is also available

for a quick comparison of the most recent research linking chemical exposure to

health effects in both animals and humans.

 

Bearing the Burden: Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants in Our Bodies

(complete list of chemical profiles)

 

Executive Summary

 

Table of Contents

 

Industrial Chemicals and By-Products

• Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Chemicals

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydorcarbons (PAHs)

• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

• Phthalates

• Heavy Metals

Lead

Mercury

Cadmium

(others)

Antimony Molybdenum

Barium Platinum

Beryllium Thallium

Cesium Tungsten

Cobalt Uranium

 

Pesticides and Pest Repellents

• Organochlorine Pesticides

DDT

Chlordane

Lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane)

Pentachlorophenol

• Non-Persistent Pesticides

Carbamate Pesticides

Organophosphate Pesticides

Malathion

Chlorpyrifos

Diazinon

(others)

Azinphos-methyl Methyl parathion

Chlorethoxyfos Naled

Chlorpyrifos-methyl Oxydemeton-methyl

Coumaphos Parathion

Dichlorvos Phorate

Dicrotophos Phosmet

Dimethoate Pirimiphos-methyl

Disulfoton Sulfotepp

Ethion Temephos

Fenitrothion Terbufos

Fenthion Tetrachlorvinphos

Methidation Trichlorfon

 

• Herbicides

Atrazine

2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)

Alachlor

• Fungicides

Ortho-phenylphenol

• Pest Repellents

DEET

 

 

 

 

 

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