Common Industrial Chemicals In Tiny Doses Raise Health Issue
Published: 5 July 2005
Category: Cancer link & plastic packaging, Packaging CONCERNS
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, for years, scientists have struggled to explain rising rates of some cancers and childhood brain disorders. Something about modern living has driven a steady rise of certain maladies, from breast and prostate cancer to autism and learning disabilities.
One suspect now is drawing intense scrutiny: the prevalence in the environment of certain industrial chemicals at extremely low levels. A growing body of animal research suggests to some scientists that even minute traces of some chemicals, always assumed to be biologically insignificant, can affect such processes as gene activation and the brain development of newborns.