Many of us are only faintly aware that toxic chemicals from everyday products - shower curtains, water bottles, baby bottles, toys, shampoo, cosmetics - contaminate our bodies. Now, a small study sponsored by a coalition of environmental health groups confirms that we are walking chemical laboratories. The study, "Is It In Us", tested volunteers across the U.S. who were found to have toxic chemicals in their blood and urine.
Although the sample size was too small to be representative of the larger population, the results were quite similar to those of a huge ongoing study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which published research last month suggesting that 92.2 percent of Americans are contaminated with toxics.
Each participant was tested for contamination by twenty toxic chemicals from three chemical families: phthalates (THA-lates), bisphenol A, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
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