Body burden

Scientists have been studying pollutants in air, water and soil for decades. Now they're studying pollution in people, and the findings are troubling. From the moment of conception to the end of life, our bodies play host to a myriad of industrial chemicals that cross into our bloodstream through our skin, gut, or lungs. They are consumer product ingredients, or pollutants in air, water and food. They are fire retardants, grease-proof coatings, plasticizers, and solvents. They are our personal body burden of pollution.

It is these studies that compel us to act as it is the clearest evidence of the chemical legacy we are leaving our children. We want a Healthy Legacy.

Resources for detailed information:

The Pollution Within – National Geographic

Body Burden: The Pollution in People – Environmental Working Group - This website reports results from the most comprehensive studies ever conducted on multiple chemical contaminants in humans.

Trade Secrets: Chemical Body Burden – PBS

Body Burden: The Pollution in Us – The Collaborative on Health and the Environment

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005. Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals.