The chemicals we found are linked to serious health problems

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In a study led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, in collaboration

with the Environmental Working Group and Commonweal, researchers at two major

laboratories found an average of 91 industrial compounds, pollutants, and other

chemicals in the blood and urine of nine volunteers, with a total of 167

chemicals found in the group. Like most of us, the people tested do not work

with chemicals on the job and do not live near an industrial facility.

 

Scientists refer to this contamination as a person’s body burden. Of the 167

chemicals found, 76 cause cancer in humans or animals, 94 are toxic to the brain

and nervous system, and 79 cause birth defects or abnormal development. The

dangers of exposure to these chemicals in combination has never been studied.

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE 1: The chemicals we found are linked to serious health problems

 

 

Health Effect or Body System Affected

 

Number of chemicals found in 9 people tested that are linked to the listed

health impact

 

Average number found in 9 people

 

Total found in all 9 people

 

Range

(lowest and highest number found in all 9 people)

 

cancer [1]

 

53

 

76 [2]

 

36 to 65

 

birth defects / developmental delays

 

55

 

79 [3]

 

37 to 68

 

vision

 

5

 

11 [4]

 

4 to 7

 

hormone system

 

58

 

86 [5]

 

40 to 71

 

stomach or intestines

 

59

 

84 [6]

 

41 to 72

 

kidney

 

54

 

80 [7]

 

37 to 67

 

brain, nervous system

 

62

 

94 [8]

 

46 to 73

 

reproductive system

 

55

 

77 [9]

 

37 to 68

 

lungs/breathing

 

55

 

82 [10]

 

38 to 67

 

skin

 

56

 

84 [11]

 

37 to 70

 

liver

 

42

 

69 [12]

 

26 to 54

 

cardiovascular system or blood

 

55

 

82 [13]

 

37 to 68

 

hearing

 

34

 

50 [14]

 

16 to 47

 

immune system

 

53

 

77 [15]

 

35 to 65

 

male reproductive system

 

47

 

70 [16]

 

28 to 60

 

female reproductive system

 

42

 

61 [17]

 

24 to 56

 

 

* Some chemicals are associated with multiple health impacts, and appear in

multiple categories in this table.

 

Source: Environmental Working Group compilation

Footnotes | References: Health Effects

 

 

 

 

 

These results represent the most comprehensive assessment of chemical

contamination in individuals ever performed. Even so, many chemicals were not

included in the analysis that are known to contaminate virtually the entire U.S.

population. Two examples are Scotchgard and the related family of perfluorinated

chemicals, and a group of compounds known collectively as brominated flame

retardants.

 

A more precise picture of human contamination with industrial chemicals,

pollutants and pesticides is not possible because chemical companies are not

required to tell EPA how their compounds are used or monitor where their

products end up in the environment. Neither does U.S. law require chemical

companies to conduct basic health and safety testing of their products either

before or after they are commercialized. Eighty percent of all applications to

produce a new chemical are approved by the U.S. EPA with no health and safety

data. Eighty percent of these are approved in three weeks.

 

Only the chemical companies know whether their products are dangerous and

whether they are likely to contaminate people. As a first step toward a public

understanding of the extent of the problem, the chemical industry must submit to

the EPA and make public on the web, all information on human exposure to

commercial chemicals, any and all studies relating to potential health risks,

and comprehensive information on products that contain their chemicals.

 

 

 

 

 

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FOOTNOTES

 

[1] Chemicals listed as linked to cancer are those classified by the National

Toxicology Program as " known " human carcinogens, or " reasonably anticipated " to

be human carcinogens; or those classified by the Environmental Protection Agency

as " known " or " probable " human carcinogens.

 

[2] Cancer: 3 heavy metals, 1 phthalate, 9 organochlorine pesticides, 8 furans,

7 dioxins and 48 PCBs

 

[3] Birth defects / developmental delays: 4 heavy metals, 2 phthalates, 7

organochlorine pesticides, 8 furans, 7 dioxins, 48 PCBs and 3 other semivolatile

or volatile organic compounds

 

[4] Vision: 1 heavy metal, 1 phthalate, 2 organochlorine pesticides and 7 other

semivolatile or volatile organic compounds

 

[5] Hormone system: 4 heavy metals, 5 phthalates, 3 organophosphate pesticides

and metabolites, 9 organochlorine pesticides, 8 furans, 7 dioxins, 48 PCBs and 2

other semivolatile or volatile organic compounds

 

[6] Stomach or intestines: 3 heavy metals, 3 phthalates, 2 organophosphate

pesticides and metabolites, 9 organochlorine pesticides, 8 furans, 7 dioxins, 48

PCBs and 4 other semivolatile or volatile organic compounds

 

[7] Kidney: 4 heavy metals, 5 phthalates, 3 organochlorine pesticides, 8 furans,

7 dioxins, 48 PCBs and 5 other semivolatile or volatile organic compounds

 

[8] Brain, nervous system: 4 heavy metals, 4 phthalates, 7 organophosphate

pesticides and metabolites, 9 organochlorine pesticides, 8 furans, 7 dioxins, 48

PCBs and 7 other semivolatile or volatile organic compounds

 

[9] Reproductive system: 4 heavy metals, 2 phthalates, 8 organochlorine

pesticides, 8 furans, 7 dioxins and 48 PCBs

 

[10] Lungs/breathing: 4 heavy metals, 3 phthalates, 2 organophosphate pesticides

and metabolites, 5 organochlorine pesticides, 8 furans, 7 dioxins, 48 PCBs and 5

other semivolatile or volatile organic compounds

 

[11] Skin: 3 heavy metals, 5 phthalates, 2 organophosphate pesticides and

metabolites, 4 organochlorine pesticides, 8 furans, 7 dioxins, 48 PCBs and 7

other semivolatile or volatile organic compounds

 

[12] Liver: 4 heavy metals, 6 phthalates, 3 organochlorine pesticides, 48 PCBs

and 8 other semivolatile or volatile organic compounds

 

[13] Cardiovascular system or blood: 4 heavy metals, 2 phthalates, 2

organophosphate pesticides and metabolites, 7 organochlorine pesticides, 8

furans, 7 dioxins, 48 PCBs and 4 other semivolatile or volatile organic

compounds

 

[14] Hearing: 1 heavy metal, 48 PCBs and 1 other semivolatile or volatile

organic compound

 

[15] Immune system: 4 heavy metals, 1 phthalate, 6 organochlorine pesticides, 8

furans, 7 dioxins, 48 PCBs and 3 other semivolatile or volatile organic

compounds

 

[16] Male reproductive system: 4 heavy metals, 5 phthalates, 2 organochlorine

pesticides, 7 dioxins, 48 PCBs and 4 other semivolatile or volatile organic

compounds

 

[17] Female reproductive system: 2 heavy metals, 2 phthalates, 1 organochlorine

pesticide, 7 dioxins, 48 PCBs and 1 other semivolatile or volatile organic

compound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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