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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT IN FOOD (To Fetus across the Placenta (200…
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT IN FOOD
The damages
Neurotoxicity
Cognitive, Memory, Sensory & Motor Dysfunction
Endocrine toxicity
Reproduction
Libido
Metabolism
Immunotoxicity
Allergies
Cancers
Asthma
Chronic disease
How Are We Exposed
In the Water
Bacteria & protozoa
persistent organics chemicals (DDT, PCB’s, dioxin, PBDE’s)
pesticides
MTBE from gasoline, fluoride, chlorine & trihalomethanes
In The Food We Eat
pesticides
hormones
Heavy metals
food preparation (C8 or PFOA from non-stick cookware; aluminum from cookware)
In the Air
fine particles
eg: car exhaust & power plants ~ correlate with increase risk of dying from any cause
volatile organic
various gasses
Heavy Metals
molds & spores
It’s In the Air
Coal-fired power plants spew sulfates, nitrates & mercury into the air—linked to >20,000 premature deaths each year
10% of women carry mercury concentrations high enough for fetal damage
4.7 B lbs of toxins into the air & 72 M lbs are known carcinogens
Manufacturing, transportation, electricity generation & other human activities are taking its toll on our health & environment
Inhale 5000 gallons of air each day
There Must Be Something In the Water
Cyanobacterial toxins linked to illness & diseases worldwide
Sewage treatment plant workers at much higher risk of respiratory illness, skin rashes, headaches & body aches
Chlorinated chemicals in drinking water linked to increased risk of breast cancer
Don’t Eat That!
Chlorinated pesticides
63%DDE are in foods
Strongly immunotoxic
Present in 84% of fruit & vegetables
Herbicides in food linked to many cancers
Environmental toxins work their way into the food chain
Even Before We’re Born
Urban air pollution linked to chromosomal abnormalities
Average newborn has 200 different industrial chemicals, pollutants & pesticides in blood
~Carcinogens
~Toxic to brain & nervous system
~Abnormal development
To Fetus across the Placenta
200 chemicals in cord blood
immature metabolism results in sequestration in fetal brain
Lead and methyl mercury actively transported
Pregnancy mobilizes fat soluble POP’s (dioxin, DDT, PCB’s, flame retardants like PBDE’s)
POP’s are bioconcentrated in fat
Lactation mobilizes fat stores & associated chemicals
POP’s transmission in milk much greater than placental
Heavy metals Mercury, Cadmium, Lead…all concentrated in breast milk
Volatile Organics also found in low levels
The Harsh Reality
Often tasteless, odorless & colorless
Major contributor to illness and disease
Some have not been identified or explored
Strong association with diseases of aging & the aging process
Overwhelming number & variety of toxins
COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS
Water ~ industrial release, agricultural runoff, municipal sewage treatment plant release, air-transported contaminants
Food ~ contaminated fish, pesticide residue, in-vitro transfer of contaminants
Soil ~ industrial release and spills, water transported contaminants, pesticide residues
Air ~industrial, motor vehicle, cigarette smoke