Inside or Outside of the Womb - Children at High Risk from Pesticides

July 24, 2009

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Dear friends,

A quick group mailing to pass on new research, and its links to older

research on the inability of 1/3 of children to detoxify from pesticides and

some the consequence of this for serious health harms later in life. In

truth, medical research is only beginning to uncover the consequences

My MCS (Mulitple Chemical Sensitivity) is one example of this problem --

genetic testing shows I lack the enzyme in question, and I was exposed to DDT

in the womb and to age 7. One small story. The fact that 1/3 of all young

people in the US now have chronic illnesses including cancer, and the

exponential spread of such illness among adults as well, especially those born

during and after the first decades of the chemical epoch (1940s, 1950s,

1960s and on) is the big story.

After decades of environmental work, society has now identified and seeks

to change our carbon footprint and water footprint. Time to take our

chemical footprint -- which in fact overlaps both of the others -- every bit as

seriously, for its dangers are at least as serious as the others.

I invite you to check out my information website,

(http://thechemicaledge.wordpress.com/) , to learn more about chemicals and

health -- good and ill.

all best wishes,

Varda

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