Our Chemical Legacy
Our urban, technological lifestyle is beginning to take its toll on us.
Slowly, imperceptibly, we are accumulating a chemical legacy that could prove to be our undoing.
Every human being on the planet now walks around with more than 250 synthetic chemicals in their bodies.
From even before we are born, our bodies are been filled with the very chemicals we use in our everyday lives.
Nature itself is beginning to feel the impact of endocrine disruptors as our most treasured animals,
from the American Bald Eagle to the mighty Beluga Whale are been poisoned to the point of extinction.
Dangers of Endocrine Disruptors
Endocrine disruptors come in various shapes and sizes and have different functional roles within the manufacturing and agricultural industries but they all have one thing in common; the ability to intergrate themselves into living systems and mimic the roles of natural chemical messangers.
- Endocrine disruptors like DDT and PCBs are Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBTs) chemicals.
- They can block important receptors or imitate the effects of essential hormones like oestrogen.
- During crucial stages of development this interference can result in subtle, yet serious damage to various parts of the reproductive systems of higher animals... including humans.
- Endocrine disruptors are everywhere.
There is no escaping them, they are in me, they are in you and they are in everyone around you.
What can we do to avert the danger of these silent chemical killers?
