Friday, July 13, 2012
Could chemical exposure go on and on through our genetics?
I must first say that I am no specialist in the field of genetics. I know very little about it, other than what I learned in college. But I just read this article on epigenetics/And according to its author, Bill Chameides, people such as my mother and grandmother, who are total 'neat freaks' have been poisoning their offspring ever since dupont etal have been making synthetic, petroleum derived compounds for the purpose of 'cleaning'.Every one of those petroleum derived, synthetic compounds in your house are passed on to your offspring if you are pregnant at the time of your exposure to them. What this means in terms of your child and grand children, etc is that they can develop compromised immune systems! It is such a shame that we have thought for over sixty years that we were doing the right thing, but nothing could be further from the truth :(
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The baby boom generation and each succeeding post WWII generation have been one long chemical experiment. And it continues to this day. We need a strong Precautionary Principle Law in place before anymore synthetic chemicals are introduced into the environment without regard for their subsequent effect on humans and nature, which up to now has been standard procedure. At present the only criteria for releasing such chemicals into the environment has been whether or not they're profitable for the corporations involved.
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