Chemistry Experiment
Dozens of Chemicals Found in Most Americans' Bodies
In the largest study of chemical exposure ever conducted on human beings, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that most American children and adults were carrying in their bodies dozens of pesticides and toxic compounds used in consumer products, many of them linked to potential health threats....
Representatives of the chemical and pesticide industries praised the study, saying that human biomonitoring is the best available tool to measure exposure. They echoed the CDC in saying that discovery of the chemicals in the human body did not automatically mean they posed a threat.
Indeed, "dozens of pesticides and toxic compounds used in consumer products, many of them linked to potential health threats" could in fact be good for you. Think of them as chemotherapy.
