Physician Group Accuses EPA of Endangering Children’s Health
It gets a little scary when you really start to evaluate the sheer numbers of toxic chemicals that our children are exposed to with today’s lifestyle. Don’t forget to note the mention of Diaxone in dairy products…
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) says the Environmental Protection Agency is “mounting a massive delay strategy” instead of taking steps to reduce levels of known hazardous chemicals to which children are exposed. “Rather than inform parents about the possible sources of dangerous chemicals or take aggressive steps to get rid of them, the EPA is proposing to conduct an endless series of animal tests to estimate what levels of toxins our kids should be expected to tolerate,” charged PCRM president Dr. Neal D. Barnard at a press conference here Wednesday. Top carcinogens on PCRM’s hit list are high environmental lead concentrations, mercury, and DDT. The physician’s group also says that tetrachloroethylene, a chemical used for dry cleaning; toluene, produced during the process of making gasoline; and tribromomethane, used for mineral ore separation, are all materials that have been established as “probable human carcinogens by the FDA. Dr. Barnard said that the EPA’s role should be to warn parents about the known dangers of chemicals. “EPA’s announcement that Diaxone is present in dairy products was a good start,” Dr. Barnard said, “because it at least lets the consumer know where the chemicals are, so they can decide if it is worth the risk.”