| There is a new health study linking infertility, still births | | | | associated with toxicity). |
| and birth defects in humans to common chemicals. | | | | PFOA has also been associated with at least four |
| "Researchers have found chemicals called | | | | different types of organ tumors in animals, and has |
| perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) might be linked to | | | | been associated with increases in prostate cancer in |
| delays in getting pregnant. PFCs are everywhere -- in | | | | PFOA plant workers. The EPA has also ruled PFC's as |
| Teflon cookware, shampoos, floor wax, food | | | | 'likely carcinogens'. |
| wrapping, carpet treatments and other cleaning | | | | Some of the biggest offenders and producers of |
| products. PFCs are also present in air and water in | | | | PFC's are:o Carpet and fabric protectorso Flame |
| the form of industrial waste from chemical plants. | | | | retardantso Packaging for greasy foodso Stain-proof |
| There are two types. One kind of PFC, called PFOS, | | | | clothingo Teflon and other non-stick cookwareo |
| increased the odds of infertility anywhere from 70 to | | | | Microwave popcorn bags |
| 134 percent. Another PFC called PFOA was linked to | | | | And all of the above items affect or are used in |
| a 60 to 154 percent increase in the chance of | | | | products made for or used by our pets, except the |
| infertility." | | | | microwave popcorn bags. |
| 95% of all Americans have PFC's in their blood, but | | | | Because these chemicals are so widespread it is |
| here is no exact figure that I was able to find on the | | | | virtually impossible to eliminate them from your home |
| percentage or levels of PFC's in the blood of animals | | | | or your pets' environment entirely, but anything you |
| and especially domesticated animals and in our pets. | | | | can do will be a positive for yourself, your children |
| However there is disturbing data on the affects of | | | | and your pets and animals! |
| PFC's on rats (see below). | | | | In addition, pesticides, mercury, caffeine, soy and soy |
| "In 2007, a study at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg | | | | formula are all on the toxicity list for pregnant and |
| School of Public Health linked PFOA to lower birth | | | | nursing women and newborns. Many of the chemicals |
| weights among newborns. Years earlier, the U.S. | | | | that cause fertility issues, still births and birth defects |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed that | | | | in humans also cause the same results in pets and |
| PFOA 'poses developmental and reproductive risks to | | | | animals. And perhaps these and additional health |
| humans." | | | | hazards are even increased in them as well as in |
| Further, in animal studies PFOA has been associated | | | | toddlers and small children since the exposure of |
| with:o "Significant increases in treatment related | | | | toddlers, small children, pets and animals is multiplied |
| deaths" in rat offspring at doses that did not affect | | | | by the amount of time they all spend on the floor in |
| the motherso Serious changes in the weight of | | | | direct contact with carpets, floor wax and other |
| various organs, including the brain, prostate, liver, | | | | chemicals like pesticides and cleaning products, plus by |
| thymus, and kidneyso The deaths of a significant | | | | their propensity for sticking objects including their |
| number of rat pups of mothers that had been | | | | own contaminated hands and paws into their mouths. |
| exposed to PFOAo Damage to the pituitary at all | | | | We live in a toxic world and need to be vigilant for |
| doses in female rat offspring (The pituitary secretes | | | | ourselves, our children, our pets and living breathing |
| hormones that regulate growth, reproduction, and | | | | creatures off all kinds. |
| many metabolic processes. Change in pituitary size is | | | | |