Common Toxins

Discovering that products used for decades may contain potentially harmful ingredients usually puts people in a state of shock and disbelief. We know because we've been there!

However, there comes a time when we have to take our heads out of the sand and realise that continuing to use products containing these ingredients may have a detrimental affect on our health and the environment in which we live.

Toxicologists, biochemists and environmental scientists have known about potentially harmful chemicals for years and many have asked governments and industry to stop using them. There have been some successes eg with DDT, asbestos, Dieldrin etc, all thought to be totally safe when they were first introduced. But worryingly, there have also been some failures, often due to vested interests.

Information on these pages contains articles and documents explaining the potential dangers and detrimental effects of some commonly used chemicals. There is also a list of books which we recommend that you read to help you in your quest for the truth, plus a number of websites in Useful Links.

To learn how potentially harmful chemicals are able to get into the body, read our mini-biology lesson in Body Facts

Our greatest concern in all of this is for children, whose immune systems are not fully developed. With the ever-increasing toxic load on their bodies, surely we should be looking at ways to minimise their risks of future ill-health?

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