Phthalates is used to soften plastic and improve consistency of cosmetics Chemical commonly found in children's toys, make up, cars and PVC flooring Could cause breast cancer, asthma, infertility and birth defects, WHO says Chemicals found in every home may cause breast cancer, asthma, infertility and birth defects, global health chiefs said yesterday. They warn the gender-bending compounds – used in toys, PVC flooring, car dashboards and credit cards – have ‘serious implications’ for health. In a landmark report, the World Health Organisation suggested a ban might be needed to protect future generations. It says it is ‘reasonable to suspect’ chemical substances called phthalates of harming female fertility and linked them with rising rates of childhood illnesses including leukaemia.
Possible danger: Chemical phthalates is used to soften plastics and can be found in children's toys Also under suspicion is bisphenol A, which is found in a host of daily items including tin cans and sunglasses. The man-made compounds are thought to interfere with the natural hormones that are key to 1
our growth, development and overall health. The WHO said there was ‘very strong evidence’ in animals they can interfere with thyroid hormones – something that can cause brain damage, stunted intelligence, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism. For prostate cancer ‘significant evidence’ exists of a link with agricultural pesticides. And there was some evidence linking exposure in pregnancy to weight gain in infants and children and potential links to breast cancer. In the same report ten years ago, the UN agency said there was only ‘weak evidence ’ that gender-bending chemicals were harming human health. Declaring the chemicals a global threat, the new report’s authors said humans and animals were exposed to hundreds of compounds, many of which have yet to be identified or properly studied. Some are inhaled in dust, others make their way into our bodies from food or simply licking our fingers. The WHO stops short of saying the chemicals actually caused the illnesses but did say that in some cases, the evidence was very strong. The report – State of the Science of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals – is the most comprehensive of its kind because rather than focusing on one chemical or one illness, it evaluates all the evidence. It says: ‘The diverse systems affected by endocrine-disrupting chemicals likely include all hormonal systems and range from those controlling development and function of reproductive organs to the tissues and organs regulating metabolism and satiety. ‘Effects on these systems can lead to obesity, infertility or reduced fertility, learning and memory difficulties, adult-onset diabetes or cardiovascular disease, as well as a variety of other diseases.’
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Report: The compounds, also found in PVC floors, can have 'serious implications' the World Health Organisation warned
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Daily risks: The dangerous chemical is found in many objects we touch without bare hand every day, such as credit cards and car dashboards Worryingly, it warns the chemicals assessed so far by scientists may only be the ‘tip of the iceberg’ – and there could be many other potentially harmful compounds out there. It cautions that the key role of hormones in the development of tissues and organs means that unborn babies and young children may be particularly vulnerable. The report – written over two years by international experts who collated and weighted scientific studies on the topic – also states the rise in some conditions is too rapid to be blamed on genes alone. ‘The prevalence of paediatric asthma has more than doubled over the past 20 years and is now the leading cause of child hospitalisations and school absenteeism,’ it said. ‘Certain birth defects, such as those of the male reproductive organs are on the rise. The incidence of paediatric leukaemia and brain cancer have risen, as has the incidence of testicular cancer. These are stark health statistics.’ The WHO says wildlife is also at risk and calls for much more research into the chemicals and their effects – and says that there may be a case for banning or restricting them.
Dr Maria Neira, the WHO’s director for public health and environment, said: ‘The latest science shows that communities around the globe are being exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and their associated risks. We all have a responsibility to protect future generations.’ Elizabeth Salter Green, of the campaign group CHEM Trust, said the EU was trying to tighten up the regulation of gender-bending chemicals but the UK was in favour of the least stringent measures. 4
She added: ‘This report bears testimony to the on-going failure of regulatory agencies to reduce exposure to hormone disrupting chemicals, which are implicated in the increased rates of hormone-related cancers and other diseases. ‘Thankfully, the EU is now trying to come to agreement on how to identify such hormone disrupting chemicals, so that they can be effectively regulated, but unfortunately the UK is trying to thwart this process in a bid to limit the number of chemicals that will fall under the regulatory axe.’ The Chemical Industries Association said it was important to note that naturally-occurring substances in beer, chocolate and coffee can have more powerful effects on the body’s hormones than man-made chemicals. Source: dailymail.co.uk - See more at: http://www.riseearth.com/2013/02/poisoned-byevery-day-life-landmark.html#sthash.YuEi6eMW.dpuf ***********************************************************************
POISONED by Heavy Metals such as Mercury, Lead, and Aluminum Many people today suffer from what is often broadly referred to as "heavy metal toxicity." The most common source of toxicity is mercury from dental fillings. When the so-called "silver" fillings are put in the teeth, they are roughly 49-53% mercury. The filling is an amalgam that contains some silver and other metals as well as what is for some people a lethal amount of mercury. To determine the extent of possible mercury poisoning, studies were conducted on sheep. The fillings were removed after six months and found to contain only about a fifth of the mercury that was present when the fillings were first put into the teeth. The rest of the mercury had leeched and was found in significant concentrations in the brain and small intestines, though the liver and kidneys and lungs were also repositories for the mercury. Since 1988, the Environmental Protection Agency has required dentists to treat amalgam fillings that are removed as hazardous waste. However, the various regulatory agencies as well as American Dental Association insist that putting “hazardous waste” in the mouth is safe.
Warnings I have known about the dangers of heavy metal poisoning for many years. My grandfather was a metallurgist and warned our family to avoid mercury and never to use aluminum. My mother had only porcelain dental restorations but for some reason the same precautions had not been used with me . . . despite the admonitions to avoid amalgams as well as aluminum cookware and even food packaged in aluminum. The studies supporting my grandfather's knowledge began to appear thirty or more years ago, and, in some countries, such as Germany and Sweden, the governments are paying for mercury removal. However, in the United States, dentists in some states still face prison sentences for suggesting to 5
their patients that removal of amalgams might improve their health. Amalgams can, of course, always be replaced for cosmetic reasons. Duluth, Minnesota, was the first to prohibit mercury amalgams and California disbanded the dental board with instructions to dentists to get their acts together. Meanwhile, the legislature passed some sensible laws restricting the use of mercury restorations. Medical Issues Insistence on the safety of amalgams is not just nonsense, but criminally irresponsible. For many people, mercury is a very significant cause of ill health. Symptoms range from muscle spasms to severe neurological problems such as paralysis and memory loss. Advice from Dentists The dentist who took over the practice discussed a number of cases of spontaneous remissions of cancer following mercury amalgam removal When the metals are present, they tend to interfere with synaptic responses. They also aggravate the tendency towards free radical toxicity which, in turn, affects many other physiological functions, most especially in the intestines. Perhaps most important of all, metal toxicity impairs immunity. http://www.kitchendoctor.com/herbs/cilantro.php *********************************************************************************
01.03.13 From Peter Brave-Heart about personal HEAVY METAL poisoning My health. I have quite a few afflictions, but I am convinced that they all probably have a root cause. In my case it is probably mercury fillings in my teeth. When I was young, that is by the time I was 21., I had 30 mercury fillings in my teeth. CRAZY, really CRAZY! It is only in the past 10 years that dentists have taken seriously the DAMAGE caused by mercury fillings in the teeth. About one year and a half ago, as a missionary, I received in prophecy, that I should make more of an effort, and remove all of my fillings, and change them for white fillings. So I removed 17 of them, and have just 2 left to change. In the meantime I ran out of extra money! I am very thankful to have removed most of them. However at the same time that I started removing the fillings, I suddenly got very sick and had to go to hospital for 5 days with extreme anaemia, blood count only 6.0. At the time the doctors gave me 4 blood transfusions, but could not find the cause of the "blood loss" problem. However there is another side to this story! By doing research and counter research, we had found out by the time that I started removing the mercury 6
fillings, that is could be dangerous to remove so many fillings in total, without having a strong MERCURY agent to remove mercury from the blood and organs. I removed around 4 each time over a 6 month period. We have discovered that the very best natural agents are CHLORELLA (a super-food), which actually attaches itself to heavy metals and pulls them out of the body, and Chinese parsley, which loosens up the heavy metals in the body. A lot of the symptoms I have in my body are listed as possibly caused by mercury poisoning. Last year whilst starting the Mercury fillings removal, I started also to take the chlorella. Unfortunately a month later I was in hospital with severe anaemia. What does that suggest? In my case somehow the Chlorella which is only supposed to remove the heavy metals, was actually removing the iron from my body as well, thus causing the anaemia. Now don't get me wrong in a normal person this would not have happened. I now take blood tests every few months to be on the safe side. The doctor tells me that my haemoglobin count is now normal, but that my body has a problem keeping iron in the blood, and that the iron amount is still low, around 15. Normal is from 25-300 counts. This makes it very difficult for me to get rid of the MERCURY out of my body, without getting sick with severe anaemia. After being in hospital last year, a few months later, I developed very painful tennis elbow in both arms, for no particular reason. That went away for about 8 months, and recently came back again, but not quite as severe as the first time, but still very painful sometimes, and enough to stop me sleeping. DUE TO EVERYONE'S PRAYERS MY ELBOW'S ARE CURRENTLY MUCH BETTER! So a big THANK YOU to everyone for your prayers. After those above mentioned episodes last year, I then thought to RESUME taking the CHLORELLA, as I was starting to resume the tooth fillings extraction. This time my body knew better, and I would get violently sick, I mean very violently sick every time that I tried to take Chlorella, even only half a teaspoon. Well that sort of put me off the DE-TOXING the heavy metals in my body. In hindsight I can see that that was the wrong decision. We have since learnt that some naturalists are of the opinion that the people who get violently sick taking Chlorella, are those who are very poisoned by mercury. So at present I am in a very difficult situation. I don't feel very well in my head 7
(foggy brain), the doctors can't help me, as they don't even recognise mercury poisoning. My family don't want me to end up in hospital again, and I just want to get rid of the MERCURY, as it has been proved that those who make the tough journey to rid themselves of heavy metal poisoning, within 2 years their health has been known to drastically improve. I believe this to be true. Right now we are starting again to REMOVE the mercury. If it turns out to be 100% true and accurate then I will write a book about it, to help others know about the extreme dangers of mercury poisoning, through fillings in the teeth. I am told that more than 2-3 mercury fillings is dangerous. At one time I had as many as 30. It is a miracle that I am alive today, writing this, and only His Grace and Mercy, and because of the prayers of others. Peter Brave-heart
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Hair dyes used by millions of women are linked to chemicals that can cause cancer
Secondary amines can be found in hair dyes used by millions of Britons Both home colouring kits and salon dye can contain chemicals Could react with smoke and fumes and form highly poisonous chemicals
By Fiona Macrae February 2013
Hair dyes used by millions of women contain chemicals linked to cancer, British scientists have warned. They say that both home hair colouring kits and the dyes used at expensive salons pose a potential risk to health.
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Writing in a respected scientific journal, they say chemicals in permanent hair dyes can react with tobacco smoke and other pollutants in the air to form one of the most powerful cancer-causing compounds known to man.
High risk beauty: The hair dye chemicals could react with tobacco smoke and exhaust fumes, to form highly poisonous chemicals called N-nitrosamines
With more than a third of women and one in ten men regularly colouring their hair, the researchers say it is ‘imperative’ that the risk to health is quantified. However, the cosmetics industry has strongly disputed the claim. The warning comes from scientists at Leeds-based company Green Chemicals who conducted a review of the chemistry surrounding hair dye. They said that all the information was already available and they simply ‘joined the dots’ to make the link with cancer.
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They warn that chemicals called secondary amines, which are either found in all permanent hair dyes or are formed in them, can penetrate the skin and stay on the hair for weeks, months or even years after the dye is applied. Over time, they could react with tobacco smoke and exhaust fumes, to form highly poisonous chemicals called N-nitrosamines.
Unsafe: Even dyes used at expensive salons can contain the dangerous chemicals
Known to cause cancer, these are banned from use in cosmetics. But the Leeds researchers argue that they can still be generated via a simple chemical reaction. Hair dye has previously been linked to a range of cancers, including tumours of the breast, bladder, ovaries and brain and leukaemia.
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There are also concerns that increasing numbers of people are becoming allergic to their contents, sometimes with fatal results. The sale of home hair dye kits alone is worth an estimated £321million a year and the figure is expected to rise as the population ages. Professor David Lewis, one of the authors of the study, and an expert in the chemistry of various dyes, said: ‘At this stage, we can’t be sure of the amount of N-nitrosamines produced or the level of risk these compounds pose but it is clear a potential hazard exists. ‘In the interest of consumer safety, it is imperative that a thorough and independent investigation is conducted to establish the levels of toxicity of these compounds and the potential risks.’ A spokesman for Green Chemicals, which is about to launch its own ‘ultrasafe’ range of hair dyes, said that despite numerous studies of the subject the danger posed by the chemicals in hair dye reacting with the air has been missed or ignored until now. But manufacturers insisted that the possibility of the chemical reaction has been long known. Dr Emma Meredith, of the Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association, said the law forbids using secondary amines in a form that can react in this way. George Hammer, the owner of Urban Retreat at Harrods, the world’s largest hair and beauty salon, said: ‘Chemical companies have a huge vested interest in keeping this under wraps.’ The warning is set out in the journal Materials. In 2009 the Mail revealed that women who use hair dyes more than nine times a year have a 60 per cent greater risk of contracting blood cancer. A year later the European Commission banned 22 hair dyes which put long term users at risk of bladder cancer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2281413/Hair-dye-used-millions-women-linkedchemicals-cause-cancer.html Eating chips more than once a week raises the risk of prostate cancer by a third Heart attack survivors who live in polluted areas are more likely to die young
.. “Man’s lack of trust in God’s love for him and his subsequent disobedience brought evil into his world and began to poison God’s creation, and it’s been poisoning it ever 11
since. Today you can see the results all around you in man’s inhumanity to man and the devastation he has brought upon the earth. For example, cancers have proliferated, and new immune system–destroying diseases are appearing on a regular basis. Much of it is caused by man’s pollutants and chemicals in the waters and the food and the air, not God’s doing.”- Maria Fontaine (2 March 2013)
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