Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 http://smarteconomy.typepad.com/smart_economy/2008/11/surrounded-by-toxic-chemicals.htmlNovember 21, 2008Surrounded by toxic chemicalsHow many man-made chemicals are there out in the world? Well, thinking back to my organic chemistry days in university I remembered the CA SEARCH®: Chemical Abstracts® database, which includes over 20 million citations to the worldwide literature of chemistry and its applications from 1967 forward. And most of these 20 million chemicals have never been tested on human health or environmental effects ( and I'm not even mentioning the hundreds of nanomaterials out on the market) So it’s not surprising to read the following two studies that were released today: 1) Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. 2) Pollution at Home Lurks Unrecognized, Instead Attributed to Large-scale Environmental Disasters"Although Americans are becoming increasingly aware of toxic chemical exposure from everyday household products like bisphenol A in some baby bottles and lead in some toys, women do not readily connect typical household products with personal chemical exposure and related adverse health effects, according to research from the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.“People more readily equate pollution with large-scale contamination and environmental disasters, yet the products and activities that form the backdrop to our everyday lives—electronics, cleaners, beauty products, food packaging—are a significant source of daily personal chemical exposure that accumulates over time,” said sociologist Rebecca Gasior Altman, the lead author of the study, “Pollution Comes Home and Gets Personal: Women’s Experience of Household Chemical Exposure.”Altman and her team examined how women interpreted and reacted to information about chemical contamination in their homes and bodies. After reviewing their personal chemical exposure data, most women were surprised and puzzled at the number of contaminants detected. They initially had difficulty relating the chemical results for their homes, located in rural and suburban communities, with their images of environmental problems, which they associated with toxic contamination originating outside the home from military or industrial activities, accidents or dumping.Though some scientists and government officials worry such information will provoke fears, instead the interdisciplinary team discovered that people who learned about chemicals in their homes and bodies were not alarmed, but eager for more, not less, information about how typical household products can expose them to chemicals that may affect health.The researchers interviewed 25 women, all of whom had participated in an earlier study, the Silent Spring Institute’s Household Exposure Study (HES), which tested for 89 environmental pollutants in air, dust and urine samples from 120 Cape Cod households. The study found about 20 target chemicals per home on average, including pesticides and compounds from plastics, cleaners, furniture, cosmetics and other products. Nearly all participants in the HES chose to learn their personal results, and the 25 selected for the current research were interviewed about their experiences learning the results for their home and the study as a whole.This new study is among the first to apply the tools and perspectives of sociology to biomonitoring and exposure assessment research, and is the first to investigate the experience of personal results-reporting in a study of a wide range of contaminants. The Household Exposure Study has set an example that is shifting scientific practice, as it is among the first to adopt a right-to-know framework for reporting all results to interested participants.Full press releaseWalter Derzko =====In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 You know---I'm just absolutely amazed at how hardy the human race is physically to be able to withstand this onslaught to the degree that we have....and how absolutely STUPID we are for allowing it to carry on....--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Viviane Lerner <vivlerner wrote: Viviane Lerner <vivlerner Surrounded by toxic chemicals"HEALTH & HEALING" Cc: "PROGRESSIVE REVIEW" <news, "COMMON DREAMS" <editor, "COUNTERCURRENTS" <editor, "RADTIMES" <resistFriday, November 21, 2008, 9:11 PM http://smarteconomy .typepad. com/smart_ economy/2008/ 11/surrounded- by-toxic- chemicals. html November 21, 2008 Surrounded by toxic chemicals How many man-made chemicals are there out in the world? Well, thinking back to my organic chemistry days in university I remembered the CA SEARCH®: Chemical Abstracts® database, which includes over 20 million citations to the worldwide literature of chemistry and its applications from 1967 forward. And most of these 20 million chemicals have never been tested on human health or environmental effects ( and I'm not even mentioning the hundreds of nanomaterials out on the market) So it’s not surprising to read the following two studies that were released today: 1) Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. 2) Pollution at Home Lurks Unrecognized, Instead Attributed to Large-scale Environmental Disasters "Although Americans are becoming increasingly aware of toxic chemical exposure from everyday household products like bisphenol A in some baby bottles and lead in some toys, women do not readily connect typical household products with personal chemical exposure and related adverse health effects, according to research from the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. “People more readily equate pollution with large-scale contamination and environmental disasters, yet the products and activities that form the backdrop to our everyday lives—electronics, cleaners, beauty products, food packaging—are a significant source of daily personal chemical exposure that accumulates over time,” said sociologist Rebecca Gasior Altman, the lead author of the study, “Pollution Comes Home and Gets Personal: Women’s Experience of Household Chemical Exposure.” Altman and her team examined how women interpreted and reacted to information about chemical contamination in their homes and bodies. After reviewing their personal chemical exposure data, most women were surprised and puzzled at the number of contaminants detected. They initially had difficulty relating the chemical results for their homes, located in rural and suburban communities, with their images of environmental problems, which they associated with toxic contamination originating outside the home from military or industrial activities, accidents or dumping. Though some scientists and government officials worry such information will provoke fears, instead the interdisciplinary team discovered that people who learned about chemicals in their homes and bodies were not alarmed, but eager for more, not less, information about how typical household products can expose them to chemicals that may affect health. The researchers interviewed 25 women, all of whom had participated in an earlier study, the Silent Spring Institute’s Household Exposure Study (HES), which tested for 89 environmental pollutants in air, dust and urine samples from 120 Cape Cod households. The study found about 20 target chemicals per home on average, including pesticides and compounds from plastics, cleaners, furniture, cosmetics and other products. Nearly all participants in the HES chose to learn their personal results, and the 25 selected for the current research were interviewed about their experiences learning the results for their home and the study as a whole. This new study is among the first to apply the tools and perspectives of sociology to biomonitoring and exposure assessment research, and is the first to investigate the experience of personal results-reporting in a study of a wide range of contaminants. The Household Exposure Study has set an example that is shifting scientific practice, as it is among the first to adopt a right-to-know framework for reporting all results to interested participants. Full press release Walter Derzko ===== In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Would be interesting to see what proportion of the world's population dies unnecessarily each year as this would indicate precisely how vulnerable the human population really is in withstanding this chemical onslaught. I'd also like to see figures that would prove how little of the planet's land mass is inhabited and showing how the world's food supply could well feed far more many people than it does with certainly no need to reduce the population at all. JAne - Bea Bernhausen Saturday, November 22, 2008 5:38 PM Re: Surrounded by toxic chemicals You know---I'm just absolutely amazed at how hardy the human race is physically to be able to withstand this onslaught to the degree that we have....and how absolutely STUPID we are for allowing it to carry on.... «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»§ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 To me---just the fact that any of us are alive is a miracle---and attests to our hardiness....amazingly adaptive---so far...thats speaking physically of course---mentally/spiritually is another matter altogether....--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Jane MacRoss <highfield1 wrote: Jane MacRoss <highfield1Re: Surrounded by toxic chemicals Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 12:35 AM Would be interesting to see what proportion of the world's population dies unnecessarily each year as this would indicate precisely how vulnerable the human population really is in withstanding this chemical onslaught. I'd also like to see figures that would prove how little of the planet's land mass is inhabited and showing how the world's food supply could well feed far more many people than it does with certainly no need to reduce the population at all. JAne - Bea Bernhausen Saturday, November 22, 2008 5:38 PM Re: [Health_and_ Healing] Surrounded by toxic chemicals You know---I'm just absolutely amazed at how hardy the human race is physically to be able to withstand this onslaught to the degree that we have....and how absolutely STUPID we are for allowing it to carry on.... «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»§ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Well yes it is a miracle - if we were brain dead we'd be lying there without our organs i guess and as for the spirit does that ever die? - Bea Bernhausen Saturday, November 22, 2008 7:53 PM Re: Surrounded by toxic chemicals To me---just the fact that any of us are alive is a miracle---and attests to our hardiness....amazingly adaptive---so far...thats speaking physically of course---mentally/spiritually is another matter altogether....--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Jane MacRoss <highfield1 wrote: Jane MacRoss <highfield1Re: Surrounded by toxic chemicals Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 12:35 AM Would be interesting to see what proportion of the world's population dies unnecessarily each year as this would indicate precisely how vulnerable the human population really is in withstanding this chemical onslaught. I'd also like to see figures that would prove how little of the planet's land mass is inhabited and showing how the world's food supply could well feed far more many people than it does with certainly no need to reduce the population at all. JAne and_ Healing] Surrounded by toxic chemicals You know---I'm just absolutely amazed at how hardy the human race is physically to be able to withstand this onslaught to the degree that we have....and how absolutely STUPID we are for allowing it to carry on.... «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»§ Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1803 - Release 11/21/2008 9:37 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Yeah you are right---was just thinking of what we could be....in this world...if we wouldn't have messed it up so bad. sigh....Lessons.....--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Jane MacRoss <highfield1 wrote: Jane MacRoss <highfield1Re: Surrounded by toxic chemicals Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 12:58 AM Well yes it is a miracle - if we were brain dead we'd be lying there without our organs i guess and as for the spirit does that ever die? - Bea Bernhausen Saturday, November 22, 2008 7:53 PM Re: [Health_and_ Healing] Surrounded by toxic chemicals To me---just the fact that any of us are alive is a miracle---and attests to our hardiness... .amazingly adaptive---so far...thats speaking physically of course---mentally/ spiritually is another matter altogether.. ..--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Jane MacRoss <highfield1 (AT) activ8 (DOT) net.au> wrote: Jane MacRoss <highfield1 (AT) activ8 (DOT) net.au>Re: [Health_and_ Healing] Surrounded by toxic chemicalsSaturday, November 22, 2008, 12:35 AM Would be interesting to see what proportion of the world's population dies unnecessarily each year as this would indicate precisely how vulnerable the human population really is in withstanding this chemical onslaught. I'd also like to see figures that would prove how little of the planet's land mass is inhabited and showing how the world's food supply could well feed far more many people than it does with certainly no need to reduce the population at all. JAne and_ Healing] Surrounded by toxic chemicals You know---I'm just absolutely amazed at how hardy the human race is physically to be able to withstand this onslaught to the degree that we have....and how absolutely STUPID we are for allowing it to carry on.... «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»§ Checked by AVG - http://www.avg. com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1803 - Release 11/21/2008 9:37 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Well - they do say there will be 1,000 years of peace - its just the bit before we get there that makes me a bit - well - apprehensive? If i think about it that is - life is busy - we just do our best and help where we can eh? - Bea Bernhausen Saturday, November 22, 2008 8:16 PM Re: Surrounded by toxic chemicals Yeah you are right---was just thinking of what we could be....in this world...if we wouldn't have messed it up so bad. sigh....Lessons.....--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Jane MacRoss <highfield1 wrote: Jane MacRoss <highfield1Re: Surrounded by toxic chemicals Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 12:58 AM Well yes it is a miracle - if we were brain dead we'd be lying there without our organs i guess and as for the spirit does that ever die? - Bea Bernhausen Saturday, November 22, 2008 7:53 PM Re: [Health_and_ Healing] Surrounded by toxic chemicals To me---just the fact that any of us are alive is a miracle---and attests to our hardiness... amazingly adaptive---so far...thats speaking physically of course---mentally/ spiritually is another matter altogether.. ..--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Jane MacRoss <highfield1 (AT) activ8 (DOT) net.au> wrote: Jane MacRoss <highfield1 (AT) activ8 (DOT) net.au>Re: [Health_and_ Healing] Surrounded by toxic chemicalsSaturday, November 22, 2008, 12:35 AM Would be interesting to see what proportion of the world's population dies unnecessarily each year as this would indicate precisely how vulnerable the human population really is in withstanding this chemical onslaught. I'd also like to see figures that would prove how little of the planet's land mass is inhabited and showing how the world's food supply could well feed far more many people than it does with certainly no need to reduce the population at all. JAne and_ Healing] Surrounded by toxic chemicals You know---I'm just absolutely amazed at how hardy the human race is physically to be able to withstand this onslaught to the degree that we have....and how absolutely STUPID we are for allowing it to carry on.... «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»§ Checked by AVG - http://www.avg. com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1803 - Release 11/21/2008 9:37 AM Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1803 - Release 11/21/2008 9:37 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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