Chemical exposure causing “pre-polluted babies,” named largest public health threat next to diabetes and obesity

An unprecedented report by The New York Times admits that chemical companies have now assumed the role once played by Big Tobacco — they are now the corporate powerhouse responsible for pushing harmful, and often deadly, products on unwitting consumers.^[1]

The United States is essentially the world’s playground for chemical companies, due to the fact that they can legally develop and sell highly toxic chemicals to consumers without having to test their products’ safety. This saves chemical companies large sums of money that can instead be devoted to advertising dollars — not unlike the pharmaceutical industry, which operates just as unethically.

Many Americans still believe that just because a product is on store shelves, it’s safe. However, this isn’t true, and the sooner you realize this, the sooner you can start protecting yourself and your family.

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has come forward^[PDF] warning that babies are now being born “pre-polluted.” Due to countless chemicals we’re all exposed to on a daily basis, namely, endocrine mimickers or chemicals that impersonate our body’s sex hormones, we remain susceptible to awful health effects, including genital deformities, breast and prostate cancer, obesity, diabetes and infertility.^[2] It’s even plausible that endocrine mimickers may also be associated with the steep rise in transgenderism and even homosexuality.

Hormone mimickers largely contributing to “pre-polluted babies”

Endocrine disruptors are found in pharmaceuticals, pesticides and plastics (bisphenol A). They exist in everyday products, including the lining of metal cans, plastic bottles, detergents, flame retardants, cosmetics and cash register receipts.

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“Widespread exposure to toxic environmental chemicals threatens healthy human reproduction,” said FIGO, in what NYT is calling a “landmark statement.”

“Exposure to toxic chemicals during pregnancy and lactation is ubiquitous,” FIGO said, adding that nearly every single pregnant woman in the U.S. has at least 43 different chemical contaminants in her body, citing a National Cancer Institute report^[PDF] highlighting that “to a disturbing extent babies are born ‘pre-polluted.’”^[3]

Those most at risk are women planning to have babies, expecting mothers and young children. Medical professionals are increasingly witnessing disturbing birth defects such as hypospadias, a condition where newborn males have a urethra opening on the side of the penis instead of at the tip.

Even more frightening is the fact that health problems caused by endocrine mimickers, including uterine and ovarian cancer, may stem from early exposure in the womb, but sometimes won’t arise until adulthood, according to the Endocrine Society, which released a 150-page report warning of the dangers caused by hormone mimickers. “The threat is particularly great when unborn children are exposed.”

The group even went so far as to compare the harm caused by endocrine mimickers to diabetes and obesity — the “biggest public health challenge of the 21^st century.” In a statement, the Endocrine Society said: “Emerging evidence ties endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure to two of the biggest public health threats facing society — diabetes and obesity.”^[4] It even added that “mounting evidence” ties hormone mimickers to neurological problems, infertility, undescended testicles and different types of cancer, such as testicular, breast, uterine, prostate and ovarian cancer.

“The human evidence takes years and requires that people get sick”

Again, the reason these toxic chemicals are allowed to make their way into our products is due to the complete failure of our government. “Insensitive speech” doesn’t need to be regulated, corporations do!

The chemical lobby blatantly controls the regulation process for toxic chemicals, shelling out more than $120,000 to each member of Congress last year.

More than 80,000 chemicals exist in the global marketplace, yet only a fraction has been tested for safety, reports NYT. When the public finally realizes the danger of a particular chemical, it’s already harmed or killed countless individuals and is usually just replaced by something equally as toxic.

“It’s frustrating to see the same story over and over,” says Tracey J. Woodruff, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. “Animal studies, in vitro tests or early human studies show that chemical A causes adverse effects. The chemical industry says, ‘Those are bad studies, show me the human evidence.’ The human evidence takes years and requires that people get sick. We should not have to use the public as guinea pigs.”

Even if the Environmental Protection Agency were forced to require safety testing, it would only be able to tackle about 25 chemicals per year — assessing far less than one percent of the toxins presenting imminent danger to Americans.

Sources:

[1] NYTimes.com

[2] FIGO.org

[3] DEAInfo.nci.nih.gov

[4] DiabeticCareServices.com

[5] NIEHS.nih.gov