You Are a Guinea Pig: What Happens to Your Body As It's Bombarded by Toxic Chemicals in Your Home

[xchrom]

http://www.alternet.org/you-are-guinea-pig-what-happens-your-body-its-bombarded-toxic-chemicals-your-home



A hidden epidemic is poisoning America. The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water we drink, in the walls of our homes and the furniture within them. We can’t escape it in our cars. It’s in cities and suburbs. It afflicts rich and poor, young and old. And there’s a reason why you’ve never read about it in the newspaper or seen a report on the nightly news: it has no name -- and no antidote.

The culprit behind this silent killer is lead. And vinyl. And formaldehyde. And asbestos. And Bisphenol A. And polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). And thousands more innovations brought to us by the industries that once promised “ better living through chemistry,” but instead produced a toxic stew that has made every American a guinea pig and has turned the United States into one grand unnatural experiment.

Today, we are all unwitting subjects in the largest set of drug trials ever. Without our knowledge or consent, we are testing thousands of suspected toxic chemicals and compounds, as well as new substances whose safety is largely unproven and whose effects on human beings are all but unknown. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) itself has begun monitoring our bodies for 151 potentially dangerous chemicals, detailing the variety of pollutants we store in our bones, muscle, blood, and fat. None of the companies introducing these new chemicals has even bothered to tell us we’re part of their experiment. None of them has asked us to sign consent forms or explained that they have little idea what the long-term side effects of the chemicals they’ve put in our environment -- and so our bodies -- could be. Nor do they have any clue as to what the synergistic effects of combining so many novel chemicals inside a human body in unknown quantities might produce.


How Industrial Toxins Entered the American Home

The story of how Americans became unwitting test subjects began more than a century ago. The key figure was Alice Hamilton, the “mother” of American occupational medicine, who began documenting the way workers in lead paint pigment factories, battery plants, and lead mines were suffering terrible palsies, tremors, convulsions, and deaths after being exposed to lead dust that floated in the air, coating their workbenches and clothes.

[dipsydoodle]

1. And 2-butoxyethanol the active ingredient in Corexit

is found in household cleaners and baby wipes.

[xchrom]

2. that is true. nt

[Buzz Clik]

4. Baby wipes? What brand(s)?

[dipsydoodle]

6. Any which contain butyl parabens.

I do of course refer to use on babies.

I use baby wipes as an effective cleaner when the cats chuck up fur balls on the carpet and degreasing the kitchen cabinets and the stainless steel hob etc. They are probably one of the best all round cleaners available
which may indicate the absence of wisdom of using them on the skin of babies.

[Buzz Clik]

8. 2-butoxyethanol is not a butyl paraben.

I'd be amazed to find that a suspected human carcinogen was an ingredient in baby wipes.

[dipsydoodle]

9. 2-Butoxyethanol (butyl)

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is a component.

Other than that, having explained the way in which I use it , the manner in which you may use it is your choice.

Some wipes are apparently marked paraben free - they may be safer.

[Buzz Clik]

11. Actually, 2-butoxyethanol is not a component of butylparaben.

This is 2-butoxyethanol:



This is butylparaben:



They both have the butoxy group, but that's it. Their properties in the context of health implications are not similar.

[Buzz Clik]

3. Sweet jeebus! I had no idea!

[marmar]

5. k/r

[reformist2]

7. Good reminder to make sure you get a good dose of fresh air every day!

[ret5hd]

10. Where do you buy yours at? I find it to be hard to find and very expensive.

[Buzz Clik]

12. In excess, fresh air can cause a multitude of health problems.

I blame Monsanto.

[1-Old-Man]

13. Yep, like in the middle of a tornado

[raouldukelives]

14. Not to worry. If you do get sick, none of the corporations or investors responsible can be taxed.

Or in any way support efforts for you to receive care for the illnesses they propagate and profit from.