Envirotoxin Update: Toxicity in Our World Today
- 25% of all FDA approved drugs are pulled off the market within 3 years.
- The CDC reported that the average American has over 116 toxins in their systems (based on test results in 2005)
- The average American unknowingly consumes 24 lbs of food additives a year, many of which are potentially carcinogenic.
- 84% of food served in public schools contain old additives and toxins such as DDE (a form of DDT)
- 47 states have advisories about farm raised fish. They’re being raised in cesspools.
- 70% of newly decorated homes have high levels of benzene, which has been shown to cause cancer.
- Pollutants in the body accumulate, they don’t go away.
- People die of pollutants. People used to die of contaminated water.
- BREAST MILK CONCERNS: US women have the highest toxic levels in the world. Chemicals like flame retardants and mercury reach babies through breast milk.
- Increases in disease, all are on the upswing.
- 50% increase in asthma every 10 years. (Research in Canada) Kids are walking around with inhalers.
- Seafood: The FDA came out 3 years ago, in conjunction with CDC, and said children under 6 and pregnant women should avoid swordfish, king mackerel….. the mercury in them is high enough to cause brain damage. The FDA added tuna to the list 6 months later.
- The #1 source of mercury is from coal fired power plants.
- In 1999, CDC did a survey of over 5000 women and found high enough mercury levels to cause brain damage.
- Even low levels of environmental toxins destroy the immune system, disturb pituitary, thyroid, and prostate function, often causing cancers.
- The gut makes more neurotransmitters than the brain. Ingested toxins can also cause brain damage.
Disease Rates up in the US:
- Testicular cancer: up 54%
- Breast cancer: up 19% (Spokane WA is #1)
- Thyroid cancer: up 221 %
- Autism: up from 1 in 2,500, to 1 in 167 kids (1990 to 2006)
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: up 83%