Breathing or absorbing through the skin, smog, tobacco products, smoke from gas cookers, open fireplaces, unvented gas or kerosene heaters, using construction materials, latex paints,

fingernail polish, glues, lacquers, manufactured pressed wood products,  fiberglass, new carpets, permanent press fabrics,

paper products, and some cleaners.   Used in manufacturing other chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers, latex, rubber, photographic film and perservatives, glues and adhesives for pressed wood products, leather tanning, and an industrial fungicide, germicide, and

disinfectant.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household products are made from chlorine -- disnfectants used in drinking water and swimming pools. If chlorine bleach and ammonia or other cleaning

products are mixed, you can be exposed to hazordous chlorine gas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drinking water systems which add it to the supply.  Fruit juice diluted with fl. water. INFANT FOODS HAVE  HIGH AMOUNTS OF FLUORIDE, INFANT FORMULAS, packaged chicken sticks, pesticides sprayed on our vegetables, sodas, tea leaves accumulate it from water and soil, personal care products, and, of course, tooth-care products.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pesticides are common chemicals found in thousands of household

and industrial products.

You may inhale them or absorb them through your skin. You may eat food which has been treated with pesticides.

Drinking water may be contaminated with pesticides.  If you have a professional pest control service in your home or work place.  Lawn maintenance services and products.

Swimming pool maintenance and service.   Some break down soon, others can last for years.  Low level and high level may

pose the same amount of risk.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Used as a food preservative for some fruits and vegetables, a

disinfectant, bleaching of flour, fruit, grain, wood pulp, wool, textile fibers, wicker, gelatin, and for making other chemicals.  It is used in metal mining and refining, water treatment, and food processing.  You may be exposed to sulfur dioxide through natural pollution sources, such as plant decay and volcanoes.   Levels in the air will be higher near facilities that release sulfur dioxide through industrial activities. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chlorine is irritating to the respiratory tract, eyes and skin.  Exposure can cause edema, rapid breathing, wheezing, blue coloring of the skin, vomiting, anxiety, accumulation of fluid in the lungs, loss of vision and lung pain.   May also cause swollen throat, coughing, choking, sneezing, pneumonia, chest tightness and pain, headache, dizziness, watery eyes, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting blood, severe abdominal pain, skin blisters, pain or burning in the stomach, nose, eyes, ears, lips or tongue.  If your skin touches pure liquid chlorine, you can get frostbite. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Builds up in the brain. Studies show offspring of pregnant animals receiving low doses showed hyperactivity, while animals given fluoride experienced hypoactivity or sluggishness.  Children show lower I.Q.s.  Lesions in the brain similar to dementia and Alzheimer's.  Cancer in male children between 2 -7 times greater in areas where water

contained fluoride.  Builds up in the bones and causes adverse changes in the structure.  Perinatal deaths in fluoridated area was 15% higher.  That area also had a 30% higher rate of Down's Syndrome.  Cavity protection cannot be proven.

Impairs fuctioning of immune

system.  More symptoms:  gastrointestinal, stomatitis, joint pains, headaches, visual distrubances, muscular weakness, and tiredness, pain in bones, sensations of burning , pricking, and tingling in the limbs, muscle weakness, chronic fatigue, backache, and osteoarthritis.  May increase exposure to lead and arsenic.  Once used as a way of supressing thyroid function and treating hyperthyroidism.  Accelerates the aging process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Infants and children are more at risk because their internal organs are still developing.  A developing child may be harmed by blocking the absorption of important food nturients.  There are also times when early human development can permanently alter the way a child's biological system operates. 

Some pesticides are known to cause cancer.  Some cause birth defects. Some affect the nervous system.  Some affect the body's hormone and endocrine system.   Some irritate the skin and eyes.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term exposure to high levels in the air can be life threatening due to breathing difficulties.

Long-term exposure can cause chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and respiratory illness.  It can also aggravate existing heart  disease.  When s.d.

reacts with other chemicals in the air to form tiny particles, these can gather in the lungs and cause increased respiratory problems and difficulty breathing.  Long-term exposure to sulfate particles can cause respiratory disease and even premature death. Prolonged

exposure may decrease fertility in men and women.  Breathing sulfur dioxide can irritate the nose, throat, and lungs, and cause coughing and shortness of breath.  Short-term exposure can cause stomach pain, menstrual disorders, watery eyes, inhibition of thyroid function, loss of smell, headache, nausea, vomiting, fever, convulsions, and diziness.