I was immediately intrigued to read today's article at CNN.com about new testing called Body Burden testing that reveals a person's industrial chemical exposure. The subjects of this article were young boys, one of whom was only 18 months old. He tested for certain chemicals at seven times the amount his parents did and had flame-retardant chemicals in his system at two to three times the level that caused thyroid dysfunction during animal testing.
The worry is that this exposure could lead to increased ailments and diseases during these kids' lifetimes, perhaps even sooner than others in the same family. I remember breaking out in hives for a week after I put new carpeting in my house a few years ago. I thought I was allergic, now I find it might have been the fire-retardant.
I will be looking into how we can get this done. In today's chemical-laden world, the children are exposed to so much more than even a few years ago.
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