3.1 - Biomonitoring


The following chemicals were found in my body at levels for which there are no “safe” levels. I am honestly quite scared, and in shock that so many harmful chemicals were found in my body.
Even though it is just "potential" health effects, these proposed risks are pretty severe. Some possible effects include, cognitive disfunction, reproductive toxicants, Parkinson's, neurotoxicants, and carcinogens. 

 This makes me think about what researchers and scientists need to be working on, or what taxpayer money needs to be spent on. There should be updates, and announcements made to the general public. Policies and laws need to protect the consumers, protect the people who are experiencing these effects. 

 I think mandatory blood tests should be done at a few stages in life to monitor levels of chemicals in the body. Lets not wait until people are sick or terminally ill. This is quite disgusting to think about. We are at a time in the world where there are numerous diseases and high mortality rates. I barely hear any reports that target environmental toxicants or exposures as a possibility as a causal factor. 

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  1. Ayla EvinsSeptember 16, 2018 at 4:15 PM

    Hi Jenay -
    I agree with you - we meed more policies in place to protect consumers from harmful chemicals in our products. Part of the problem with some of the chemicals listed above however is that they actually are now banned in the US, but we were either exposed in another country or prior to them being banned. This speaks to the important of having regulation on chemicals and testing them extensively BEFORE anybody can be exposed to them - not after the fact.

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