Here’s something I’m currently curious about: Is the modern obsession with toxins a fad, or is it legitimate? I suppose that only time will tell – although numerous studies in peer-reviewed literature have highlighted adverse health effects from low-dose chemicals in the environment. (source)
One thing, however, is for sure: We (that is you, I, the rest of the humanoids, and come to think of it, all the other terran lifeforms too) are currently undergoing a chemistry experiment the like of which has not been seen before. This really is an experiment. It has not been tried before.
We just found an interesting article listing 9 significant sources of toxins, together with methods for sidestepping them.
A few years ago, I read that a study was done that stated that there were 10-20,000 artificial substances in a human body. I’m looking around for the study but so far unable to find it. (can anyone help by providing a link to that one? TY) 20,000 man-made chemicals floating around in the system, many of which have been invented inside the last generation. Think about that. Many of them were tested in labs using trials that lasted for a few years at best, possibly only a few months. In other words, we have to be honest – there’s no way we can possibly know whether these things will shorten our life or not. Some of these things have been found to remain in the system for decades.
I have to confess, I feel really frustrated about this. I don’t want those things in my bloodstream. I did not give anyone permission to put those things in my bloodstream! And yet unless I decide to go and live naked in the forest and eat berries, those things are going to be there.
There is actually some controversy over this. According to the Environmental Working Group, the number of industrial chemicals in the human body is “not known”, very difficult to ascertain and largely “out of control”. According to EWG:
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