Monday, April 29, 2013

You are a guinea pig! YOUR BODY IS BOMBARDED BY UNTESTED CHEMICALS IN YOUR HOME!


Without our knowledge or consent, we are testing thousands of suspected toxic chemicals and compounds  TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE ALL OVER YOUR HOUSE!!

Formaldehyde, a colorless chemical used in mortuaries as a preservative, can also be found as a fungicide, germicide, and disinfectant in, for example, plywood, particle board, hardwood paneling, and the “ medium density fiberboard” commonly used for the fronts of drawers and cabinets or the tops of furniture. As the material ages, it evaporates into the home as a  known cancer-producing vapor, which slowly accumulates in our bodies. The National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health suggests that homeowners  “purchasing pressed-wood products, including building material, cabinetry, and furniture... should ask about the formaldehyde content of these products.”
What’s inside your new walls might be even more dangerous.  While the  flame retardants commonly used in sofas, chairs, carpets, love seats, curtains, baby products, and even TVs, sounded like a good idea when  widely introduced in the 1970s, they turn out to pose hidden dangers that we’re only now beginning to grasp.  Researchers have, for instance, linked one of the most common flame retardants, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, to a wide variety of potentially undesirable health effects including  thyroid disruptionmemory and learning problems, delayed  mental and physical development, lower IQ, and the early onset of  puberty.
Other flame retardants like Tris (1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate have been linked to  cancer. As the CDC has  documented in an ongoing study of the accumulation of hazardous materials in our bodies, flame retardants can now be found in the blood of “nearly all” of us.

http://www.alternet.org/you-are-guinea-pig-what-happens-your-body-its-bombarded-toxic-chemicals-your-home?page=0%2C2&akid=10375.294211.o1eWRQ&rd=1&src=newsletter832014&t=3

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