Little Things Matter
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It's true not all chemicals are bad but
toxic metals
like lead and mercury are found in all of us
so are persistent toxins
like PCB's and endocrine disruptors such
as Bisphenol A and flame retardants
we've been studying the impact of toxins
on children for the past 30 years
and reached the inescapable conclusion
little things matter.
Toxins can have a lifelong impact on
children
we've also discovered that extremely low
levels of toxins can impact brain
development. Let's take a look at the percent of children
who are exposed to some of these toxins using a national study
in the United States. To keep it simple
we'll use one hundred children
to represent all children. Mercury is found
in eighty-nine percent of children
primarily from eating large fish
contaminated by pollution.
Lead is detected in the blood of all
children
regardless of race, income or where they
live. Over eighty percent of children