May 11 2006
Industrial Pollution Passes From Mother to Daughter
GUEST: Sonya Lunder, Senior Analyst at Environmental Working Group, who collaborated on the report, “Across Generations.”
Tests conducted by the Environmental Working Group and by the Centers for Disease Control and other researchers, have found that the blood and urine of human beings is generally contaminated by an average of 35 consumer product ingredients, including flame retardants, plasticizers, and stain-proof coatings. These mixtures of compounds are found in furniture, cosmetics, fabrics, and other consumer goods. New tests by the Environmental Working Group on mothers and daughters show that such pollutants can pass through a mother’s placenta or breast milk into her daughter’s body. Many of these pollutants have never been tested for safety.
Read the report here.
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