ooo...a veritable tea of garbage percolates thru the blood of you limeys

November 25, 2003

can just imagine wots in the blood of us colonists

Britons' Bodies Contaminated with a Stew of Chemicals

A cocktail of toxic chemicals was found in the bodies of every person

tested as part of a British study commissioned by the World Wildlife

Fund. In one of the most comprehensive such surveys to date, 155

people from around the U.K. had their blood analyzed for 77

persistent chemicals known to accumulate in human bodies, including

DDT, PCBs, flame retardants, and organophosphates. On average, the

study participants had 30 different chemicals in their bodies, and 99

percent of participants had breakdown products of the pesticide DDT,

even though it was banned in the U.K. decades ago. WWF is pushing

for the European Union to pass proposed legislation that would

require safety testing and registration of thousands of commonly used

chemicals. "We are unwittingly playing Russian roulette with our

health because of regulatory inaction," said WWF's Justin Woolford.

straight to the source: NewScientist.com, Shaoni Bhattacharya, 25 Nov 2003

from the Grist archives: Agent organochlorine -- one class of

chemicals is causing a cacophony of environmental problems -- in

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