About Your Health
“Chemicals have replaced bacteria as the main threat to health. The diseases we are beginning to see as the major causes of death in the latter part of (the 1900’s) and into the 21st century are diseases of chemical origin”
Dr. Dick Irwin, Toxicologist, Texas A&M University
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Body burden, also known as the chemical load, is the amount of toxic chemicals present in a person’s body. It is a word that is going to become very common as more and more people understand the reality of chemical exposure and their health.
Scientists estimate that everyone alive today carries within her or his body at least 700 contaminants, most of which have not been well studied (Onstot and others). This is true whether we live in a rural or isolated area, in the middle of a large city, or near an industrialized area. Because many chemicals have the ability to attach to dust particles and/or catch air and water currents and travel far from where they are produced or used, the globe is bathed in a chemical soup. Our bodies have no alternative but to absorb these chemicals and sometimes store them for long periods of time. Whether we live in Samoa or San Diego, Juneau, or Johannesburg, all our bodies are receptacles for a multitude of industrial chemicals. Wherever we live, we all live in a chemically contaminated neighborhood.
*Onstot J, Ayling R, Stanley J. Characterization of HRGC/MS Unidentified Peaks from the Analysis of Human Adipose Tissue. Volume 1: Technical Approach. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Toxic Substances (560/6-87-002a), 1987.
There is not much you can do about the chemicals that you have already been exposed to throughout the course of your life, or your children’s lives thus far. But you can change what you expose yourselves to in the future. It all starts with the principle that KNOWLEDGE is POWER. We must all become conscious of our individual lifestyle, and the products we use to support it, and then make decisions based on a new understanding. Luckily, science is well ahead of legislation so information is already available to start making better choices for our health. And although some of the obstacles we face may seem insurmountable, there are things that we can all do every day to make our lives a little safer, a little less toxic and a little better for our future.
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