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1. Pthalates2. Bisphenol A3. Perfluorochemicals
4. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
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Invented in the 1930s, phthalates (thalates) are
found in many everyday products, from cosmetics
to flexible plastics used to make food wraps,
toys, and building materials.
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Studies of suggest exposure to phthalates
increases the risk of reproductive system birth
defects and hormonal alteration in baby boys, and
reproductive problems and hormonal changes in
men. Though phthalates are considered hazardous
waste and are regulated as air and water
pollutants, they are unregulated in food,
cosmetics, and consumer and medical products.
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Personal care products expose children to an
average of 60 chemicals every day that they can
breathe in or that absorb through their skin.
Product testing showed phthalates in
three-quarters of 72 name-brand products tested.
Because federal law contains no safety standard
for cosmetics, it is legal for companies to use
ingredients that are reproductive toxins like
phthalates, carcinogens, and other potentially
harmful substances.
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Bisphenol A
BPA is a component of epoxy resins that are used
to line food cans and to make hard plastic
polycarbonate bottles and containers, popularized
by Nalgene and others. It leaches into food,
water, and infant formula and has been detected
in 93 percent of all Americans tested by the
Centers for Disease Control.
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BPA raises special concerns because numerous
studies have found it to be toxic at exposure
levels equivalent to or even below the amounts
detected in people. BPA is linked to breast and
prostate cancer and neurobehavioral changes in
offspring exposed in the womb.
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BPA is a signature compound in the fight for
reform of the nation's toxic chemicals laws. It
contaminates nearly all Americans, it causes
toxic effects at very low doses, the effects
associated with BPA, like breast and prostate
cancer, are on the rise, yet the EPA has only the
most clumsy and convoluted authority to control
its use and reduce exposure to populations at
risk.
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Many new parents are aware that the toxic
chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) leaches from plastic
baby bottles found on the shelves of stores
across America. But a new investigation by
Environmental Working Group (EWG) reveals that
BPA is also used to line nearly all infant
formula cans. BPA levels found in liquid formula
are likely to be far higher than those that leach
from bottles under normal use.
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Perflurochemicals
PFCs are industrial chemicals widely used as
water, stain and grease repellants for food
wrap, carpet, furniture, and clothing. The
family includes such well known name brands as
Scotchgard, Stain Master and Teflon.
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Available scientific findings to date show that
PFCs widely contaminate human blood that they
persist in the body for decades, that they act
through a broad range of toxic mechanisms of
action to present potential harm to a wide range
of organs (ovaries, liver, kidney, spleen,
thymus, thyroid, pituitary, testis), and that
they persist indefinitely in the environment with
no known biological or environmental breakdown
mechanism
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Human Toxome Project By the Environmental Working
Group (www.ewg.org)
http//www.ewg.org/sites/humantoxome/participants/
index.php
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Many of these chemicals are found in newborn
infants!
http//www.ewg.org/sites/humantoxome/participants/
participant.php?subjectbb2_081704 Baby 3's
cord blood contained 212 of 395 industrial
compounds, pollutants and other chemicals tested,
including chemicals linked to brain and nervous
system toxicity, cancer, and birth defects and
developmental delays.
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
PBDEs are brominated fire retardants,
intentionally added to flexible foam
furniture primarily mattresses, couches, padded
chairs, pillows, carpet padding and vehicle
upholstery and to electronic products.
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Studies of laboratory animals link PBDE exposure
to an array of adverse health effects including
thyroid hormone disruption, permanent learning
and memory impairment, behavioral changes,
hearing deficits, delayed puberty onset,
decreased sperm count, and fetal malformations.
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• The chemicals build up in the body, are stored in
  fatty tissues and body fluids, such as blood and
  breast milk, and can be passed on to fetuses and
  infants during pregnancy and lactation. People
  are primarily exposed to PBDEs in their homes,
  offices and vehicles.

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These are just 4 chemicals out of many toxic
chemicals that humans have created.We have not
evolved with these compounds and our bodies have
not evolved ways to de-toxify them.
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In light of this, carbon dioxide doesnt seem so
bad to me.