The side effects of chemicals on our bodies

,New evidence suggests that exposures to low doses of common pesticides, at levels currently assumed to be safe, and within dose ranges measured in people, can also have significant effect during the early stages of human development.8 Involuntary exposure to carcinogens in the uterus or early childhood can cause DNA damage and heightened susceptibility to disease later in life.9A particularly disturbing discovery was made this year. A study12 has found that deaths from brain diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons and Motor Neurone disease, have increased drastically in the last 30 years and dementia in men has trebled. In the late 1970s, there were around 3,000 deaths a year from these conditions in England and Wales. By the late 1990s, there were 10,000. The report authors suspect environmental pollution by chemicals, including pesticides as the cause of the rise.Of the 80 pesticides detected in official UK data for 200237, 65 have been designated by international authorities as having harmful effects on health. Of these:41 have been identified by the World Heath Organisation has acutely toxic. 35 have been identified by international authorities as suspected carcinogens. 12 have been identified by international authorities as suspected endocrine (hormone) disrupting chemicals, implicated as possible causes of chronic disease, including cancer and reproductive disorders. Organic agriculture produces products without the use of synthetic pesticides. This form of farming does not pollute the environment, or incur the cost of removing pesticides from the drinking water. It does not create risks to health.Is there another way? The answer is yes, many of us are well aware of the benefits of organic food, but very few of us recognise that approx 60 of what we apply to our skin is absorbed. Thus if we put chemicals on our skin, then our body is absorbing these chemicals. Organic products, have been produced using organic ingredients, which have not been exposed to chemicals. Organisations such as www.pure-organics.co.uk, specifically source organic products from around the world, which are manufactured to fair trade principles and where possible are certified 100 organic. Pure Organics sells organic babies and childrens clothing; organic skin care for babies, children, men and women and organic toys.For further information please contact: www.pure-organics.co.uk/info@pure-organics.co.uk 8 www.protectingourhealth.org/newscience/infertility/2004/2004-0122greenleeetal.htm9 Nicolopoulou-Stamati,P,Hens,L,Howard,CV,Van Larebeke, N, Cancer as an environmental disease, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004 ISBN 1 4020 2019812 Pritchard C, Baldwin D, and Mayors A, Changing patterns of adult (45-74 years) neurological deaths in the major western world countries 1979-1997, Public Health Volume 118, Issue 4, pages 268-283, June 200437 Pesticide residues Committee Quarterly Reports 2002.

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