Since 1950, at least 70,000 new chemical compounds have been invented and dispersed into our environment. Only a fraction of these have been tested for human toxicity. We are, by default, conducting a massive clinical toxicology trial, and our children and their children are the experimental animals. While many of these chemicals help to make products cheaper, smell and taste better, and last longer on the shelf, we should maintain a healthy suspicion of all chemicals. These chemicals of convenience are the leads and asbestoses of the future.
The average American consumes literally pounds of hormones, antibiotics, food chemicals, additives, and artificial sweeteners each year. Each one of these toxic chemicals has been shown to harm the brain. It isn’t just consuming one red candy, a blue cupcake, or a few drops of pesticide sprayed on your pint of strawberries once in a while. It is the consistent, repetitive, cumulative presence of these chemicals in our lives.
Some toxins, like caffeine, are readily flushed out of our systems by our detoxification systems. Other toxins accumulate over our whole life. In addition, not all people process toxins the same. Those with compromised immune systems may be particularly sensitive while others may experience no reaction.
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