I pass this on for those of us who love not only our two and 4 legged beings but all of Nature as well. <br>We all need to know about endocrine disrupting chemicals and the work of Dr. Theo Colborn. <br>Marguerite<br><br><br>
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Date: Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 4:43 PM<br>Subject: [EWG] TEDX: Pulling it all together<br>To: Environmental Work Group of Central New York <<a href="mailto:environmental_work_group_of_central_new_york@lists.riseup.net">environmental_work_group_of_central_new_york@lists.riseup.net</a>><br>
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friends of TEDX,</span></p>
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the beginning, TEDX has had a singular purpose: to compile and disseminate
scientific evidence on the health and environmental problems associated with
low-dose exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). To many people,
however, our work on the chemicals used during natural gas operations and our
work on prenatal exposure to EDCs has seemed like a two-headed monster (at
least from the point of view of industry!) Now, we have a one-page statement
that pulls it all together: <b>The Fossil Fuel Connection</b>. Click
here to download the pdf and please share this with your colleagues! <a href="http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/endocrine.fossilfuel.php" target="_blank">http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/endocrine.fossilfuel.php</a></span></p>
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In addition, our manuscript <b>Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health
Perspective</b> has been accepted for publication in the <i>International
Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment</i>, a peer-reviewed
scientific journal. The paper illustrates the urgent need for full disclosure
of chemicals used during natural gas operations.Click here to download the
manuscript. <a href="http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/chemicals.introduction.php" target="_blank">http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/chemicals.introduction.php</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From all of us at TEDX, thank you<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span>for your continued interest in our work.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Fossil Fuel Connection</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Extracting, processing, and burning fossil
fuels (natural gas, oil and coal) introduces huge volumes of harmful chemicals</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>into our environment. These chemicals, and
the tens of thousands of chemical products synthesized from them, are now</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>present in every environment on earth,
including the womb. Extremely low concentrations of many chemicals can</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>damage the endocrine system of our bodies
by interfering with the intricate, delicate network of natural chemical</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>interactions critical to healthy
development and normal function.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">* * *</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Fossil fuels come out of the ground
contaminated with toxic byproducts. Both the fuel and the byproducts are used
to</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>create such things as plastics,
pesticides, flame retardants, and fragrances. These chemical products are now
present in</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>our homes, schools and work places, in
toys, clothing, cosmetics, sunscreens, electronics, furniture, cleaning
products,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>lawn care products, food packaging,
automobiles, building materials, and more. As tests have been refined to detect</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>very low chemical concentrations, they
have been found in our air, our soil and our water, as well as in every human</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>being ever tested. They have even been
measured in the umbilical cord blood of newborn babies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Studies of wildlife and laboratory animals
show that very low concentrations of chemicals administered during critical</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>periods of development can change how an
organism is constructed and functions throughout its life. When encountered</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>prenatally (through the placenta in
mammals) they can alter development in ways that affect not only the offspring
but</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>future generations of that offspring,
leaving them susceptible to a whole host of health problems. These include
changes</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>in the central nervous system that could
result in autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Parkinson’s and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Alzheimer’s diseases; reproductive system
effects such as infertility, male birth defects, endometriosis, cancers of the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>breast, prostate and testicles; and
metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Even worse, government standards for
chemical safety are deeply flawed. For the relatively few chemicals for which</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>safety standards exist, acceptable levels
of exposure are based on research in which high doses of chemicals were</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>administered and then repeatedly lowered
until no damaging effects were detected. What toxicologists failed to</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>recognize, however, was that lowering the
concentrations of the chemicals even further, (below seemingly ‘safe’ levels),</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>to the level at which hormones operate,
(in parts-per-billion or even parts-per-trillion, more comparable to what we</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>encounter every day), can introduce a
whole new set of damaging effects. We simply cannot continue to assume that</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>very low levels of harmful chemicals are
safe.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Fossil-fuel derived chemicals also produce
pollution at every stage they are handled - extraction, refinement, processing,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>production, distribution and waste
disposal. Of recent concern is the extraction of natural gas using a process
called</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span><span>hydrofracking</span></span><span> in which millions of gallons of water are
mixed with sand and chemicals, then injected into the earth in</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>order to help the gas rise to the surface.
Pollution of our air, water and soil is created when gasses rise from the well
pad</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>and from waste evaporation ponds, when
liquids are injected underground, spilled, or incompletely processed in waste</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>facilities, and when sludge and other
toxic solids are farmed into soil. In addition, lights, roads and truck traffic
disturb</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>wildlife and nearby communities.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Finding solutions to these problems
requires that we galvanize all our effort toward alternative sources of energy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>(including shifting enormous government
subsidies away from fossil fuels), while simultaneously reducing our</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>consumption of and exposure to products
that contain harmful chemicals and demanding safer alternatives. Our ability to</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>produce
healthy, intelligent individuals who can create a clean and safe world depends
on it. </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">◘</span></p>
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