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Common Toxins That Will Harm You
The 10 Most Common Toxins
PCBs - avoid eating farm raised fish
Pesticides - present in fruits, vegetables, and meats. Eat organic vegetables and free range aka grass fed meats. Don't use bug spray or repellants on your skin.
Mold and Fungal Toxins - contaminated buildings, some foods like peanuts, wheat, corn, and alchohol
Phthalates - plastic wrap, plastic bottles, plastic food storage containers all leach phthalates into our food and water. There is a hard plastic said to be safe for water storage known as Lexan. Water bottles made by Nalgene are made of Lexan. You may not want to wash these bottles in the dishwasher. You can learn more about that here: Nalgene Technical Paper on the Safety of Lexan
Volatile Organic Compounds - drinking water, carpet, paints, deodorants, cleaning fluids, varnishes, cosmetics, dry cleaned clothing, moth repellants, air fresheners - avoid using air fresheners as they also put out formaldahyde.
Dioxins - eating commercial animal fats
Asbestos - insulation in floors, ceilings, water pipers and heating ducts, sometimes found in drinking water
Heavy Metals - drinking water, fish, vaccines, pestticides, preserved wood, antiperspirant, building materials
Chloroform - present in chlorinated drinking water and some food
Chlorine - present in municipal drinking water, bleach, household cleaners. See my list of natural cleaning methods.
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James P
McMahon
Ecologist
What's in Your Water?
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