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Are Chemicals

Affecting Your Health?

 

 

Everyday exposures can be harmful

 

We are inundated with products – at home, at school, at work, on our bodies – that can adversely affect our health (see The Dirty Dozen). Some symptoms appear on warning labels, but mounting evidence indicates that many ingredients need further scrutiny, particularly for effects on brain, respiratory, and reproductive function. The connection between chemical exposure and resulting symptoms can elude doctors because we are exposed to so many chemicals, and no two people react exactly alike.

 

 

Some People Are More Sensitive To Common Chemicals

 

Those at greater risk from low-level chemical exposure  include: babies in utero; children; women; the elderly; the poor; workers in high-risk occupations; and people with chronic existing illnesses, such as asthma, allergies, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS).

           

 

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SOME POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS –

CENTRAL  NERVOUS  SYSTEM   Fatigue, tension, headaches, confusion, memory loss, depression, hyperactivity, sleep disturbances, dizziness

 

SKIN   Flushing, eczema, rashes, hives

 

CARDIOVASCULAR  Rapid heartbeat, irregular heartbeat, migraines, hypertension   

 

MUSCULOSKELETAL   Joint pain, muscle spasms, backaches, swollen limbs

 

EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT  Nasal stuffiness, sinus infections, watery eyes, earaches

                                    

GASTROINTESTINAL   Nausea, bloating, constipation, cramps  

 

RESPIRATORY    Frequent colds, bronchitis, shortness of breath, asthma                                        

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