Study: Everyone Has Traces of Toxins

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The toxic load that everyone is carrying around is tremendous. They are a major

cause in our health problems. A large portion of the so called " diseases " out

there are really toxic poisoning. Probably the largest source of toxic

substances most people take in are from their doctor's offices and their

pharmacies. F.

 

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Study: Everyone Has Traces of Toxins

Source: Cincinnati Post

Publication date: 2004-05-22

Arrival time: 2004-05-24

 

A comprehensive survey of more than 1,300 Americans has found traces of weed-

and bug-killers in the bodies of everyone tested, leading environmentalists in

both Canada and the United States to call for far tighter controls on

pesticides.

 

The survey, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

found that the body of the average American contained 13 of these chemicals.

A surprising finding was that 99 per cent of Americans, including virtually all

children born in recent years, had DDT residues. The use of the insecticide has

been subject to controls and outright bans since the late 1960s, and its

presence indicates how persistent it is in the general environment.

More than half of those tested also had residues of 2,4-D. The lawn herbicide is

controversial in Canada, where its use has been targeted by dozens of municipal

bans on the cosmetic use of herbicides.

The finding of widespread pesticide exposure suggests that, despite the trend to

the increased consumption of organic food and intense regulation of the

pesticide industry, the U.S. public is routinely coming into contact with these

substances through the environment and food.

" The fact that Americans are carrying a mixture of toxic pesticides suggests a

dramatic failure of government efforts in the U.S. to protect public health and

safety, " contended Andrea Peart, a spokesperson for the Sierra Club of Canada.

Health authorities in Canada have done no comparable survey on the amount of

pesticides in Canadians. A spokeswoman for Health Canada, Catherine Saunders,

says the agency relies on the U.S. data to estimate what Canadians may have in

their bodies.

She said Health Canada is currently proposing to have some pesticide

measurements done as part of a Statistics Canada survey on the health of

Canadians, but that research won't be available until 2006-2007. Without

detailed studies, there is no way of knowing if Canadians are as heavily

contaminated as Americans, or have lower amounts of pesticides in their bodies.

The levels of pesticides found in Americans were generally small. The DDT

residues were detected in parts per billion, with the highest readings in women.

Women generally have more fatty tissue than men and DDT is stored in fat.

But environmentalists have raised concerns that some residues exceed safety

standards. Pesticide Action Network North America analyzed the U.S. exposure

data and determined that for two insecticides -- chlorpyrifos and methyl

parathion -- exposures exceeded acceptable thresholds, in one case, by more than

four times the amount recommended for children.

Publication date: 2004-05-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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