Common Toxins In Your Body
According the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Human Adipose tissue study, Americans have the following pollutants/chemicals in their body:
- 100% have OCDD (dioxin), styrene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, xylene and ethylphenol
- 91-98% have benzene, toluene, chlorobenzene, DDE, dioxins, furan
- 83% have PCBs
- 76% have 20 or more other chemicals in their body
The USEPA also identifies the following chemicals as “ubiquitous” in the air. This means they’re essentially found everywhere, and since nobody checks air particles at the border, it’s a good bet that if it’s ubiquitous in the US it’s common in Canada too:
- Xylenes
- Tetrachloroethylene
- Ethylbenzene
- Benzene
- 1,1,1-trichloroethane
You also may have been exposed to these chemicals in your every day life.
Dioxins, for example, show up during incineration of solid and medical waste, metal smelting, and cement kilns.
Styrene (ethylbenzene) comes from car exhaust, cigarette smoke, carpeting, fiberglass, packaging, pipes, and housing insulation.
1,4-dichlorobenzene comes from toilet bowl deodorants, garbage deodorants, and moth flakes.
Xylene is common in the chemical and petroleum industries, and can be found in car exhaust, polyester manufacturing, paints, dyes, lacquers, and pantone pens.
Toluene is also common in the chemical and petroleum industries, and can be found in most of the same places as xylene – car exhaust, paints, dyes, lacquers, printing, pantone pens
Ethylphenol emits from decaying manure.
Benzene comes from the petroleum industry, car exhaust, rubbers, lubricants, dyes, detergents, drugs, pesticides.
PCBs are found in insulating and cooling electrical equipment, and fluorescent light ballasts.
DDT is a common pesticide.
Tetrachloroethylene is used by dry-cleaners, the chemical industry, rubber manufacturing, heavy equipment manufacturing, electroplating facilities, pulp and paper manufacturing, and ink manufacturing
1,1,1-trichloroethane is found in glues, household cleaners, aerosol sprays.
Each of these chemicals can cause damage to your body and ought to be removed in order to attain an optimal state of health.