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Chemical Levels in our Children - CNN

October 23rd, 2007 · Leave a Comment

test-tube.jpgYesterday, CNN had a report on chemical exposure. Toxins are being found in record numbers in the bodies of our kids.

“We are the humans in a dangerous and unnatural experiment in the United States, and I think it’s unconscionable,” said Dr. Leo Trasande, assistant director of the Center for Children’s Health and the Environment at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

Trasande says that industrial toxins could be leading to more childhood disease and disorders.

“We are in an epidemic of environmentally mediated disease among American children today,” he said. “Rates of asthma, childhood cancers, birth defects and developmental disorders have exponentially increased, and it can’t be explained by changes in the human genome. So what has changed? All the chemicals we’re being exposed to.”

Watch the CNN video

This is why our mattresses are made without glues and with toxic free fire retardants. Large mattress companies dont acknowledge and choose to ignore the risks involved.

When did being responsible become a minority affair?

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