Toxins All Around Us Some chemicals around us have the ability to interfere with our endocrine systems regulate

e hormones that control weight, biorhythms and our reproductions These chemicals contribute to obesity, endometriosis, diabetes, autism, allergies, cancer, ect. Low levels of endocrine disrupting chemicals induce subtle changes in developing fetus profound health effect in adulthood Safe Chemicals Act 2 !! chemical companies would be re"uired to demonstrate the safety of their products before mar#eting them.

Chemicals are everywhere we go. $rom our drin#s to our hair products, % & of the items one owns contains a list of ha'ardous chemicals. As industries began to boom they found new ways to create things at a cheaper cost, but cheaper doesn(t always mean safer. Some chemicals we are e)posed to daily *pesticides, herbicides, plastici'ers, ingredients from bathing products+ have the ability to interfere with our endocrine systems which regulate the hormones that control weight, our biorhythms and our reproduction. A number of clinicians and scientists are becoming convinced that these chemical e)posures contribute to obesity, endometriosis, diabetes, autism, allergies, cancer and other diseases. Laboratory studies have set up e)periments stating that low levels of chemicals that disrupt endocrine cause changes in a developing fetus that later have profound health effects in adulthood. ,n the -.S two federal agencies. the $ood and /rug Administration *$/A+ and 0nvironmental 1rotection Agency *01A+ are responsible for banning unsafe chemicals, but scientists and clinicians are concerned that the efforts of the $/A and 01A are not helping the matter and large problem that has arisen. All these chemicals in the air is going to affect us in the future, it already is affecting us now with cancer rates going up. 2e should all come together and stand strong about having farms stop using pesticides on crops or telling corporations to limit their chemical use3 not use any at all on products that we use. ,t(s ama'ing that even baby products contain harsh chemicals, if they aren(t safe then who is. 4ecause of this ,(m very cautious when it comes to buying products, especially food and cleaning materials. , always have to read the ingredient labels on food to ma#e sure , #now what ,(m putting into my body.