Wake Up America

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GROUND-BREAKING TOXICS REPORT WILL WAKE-UP AMERICA

Worldwatch Media Advisory

This advisory was issued to media on Tuesday March 20, 2001

On Wednesday, March 21, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) will release its National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals (full report available March 21 at 10am:
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report). Worldwatch Institute Senior Researcher
Anne Platt McGinn, author of Why Poison Ourselves: A Precautionary Approach to
Synthetic Chemicals is available for comment on the CDC's report findings and
the health effects of toxic chemicals.

The CDC's report is expected to pull into the spotlight some of the most
serious-yet ignored-health concerns facing Americans today. Using new
technology that measures chemicals directly in blood and urine samples, the CDC
report will provide data on actual levels of chemicals in humans. Toxics under
scrutiny will include lead, mercury, and uranium; the breakdown products (or
metabolites) of several organophosphate pesticides (about half of all
insecticides used in the US); phthalate metabolites (additives found in
plastics, particularly polyvinyl chloride-PVC); and cotinine (a breakdown
product of nicotine).

"This report should be a wake-up call for the American public. We've known for
a long time that chemicals such as lead, mercury and organophosphate pesticides
are among the most toxic on earth, but until now comprehensive data were
missing," says McGinn. "I believe the new data will give us a much more
complete picture of how these chemicals damage people."

A recent study by the National Academy of Sciences suggest that as many as one
out of four developmental and behavioral problems in children today may be
linked to genetic and environmental factors, including neurotoxic compounds
such as lead, mercury, and organophosphate pesticides.
(http://www.nap.edu/books/0309070864/html/)

"It's time to adopt the precautionary principle in regulating toxic chemicals,"
McGinn says. "Instead of waiting for the tragic effects, we need to require
manufacturers to show a chemical is safe before we begin releasing huge
quantities into the environment. And we should move quickly to adopt safer
substitutes where they exist."

Below is a summary of the known health risks posed by some of the toxic
chemicals in the CDC survey.

Chemicals and health risks Lead Lead is found in lead-based paint, old
pipes, electronics, lead-glazed pottery, and contaminated soil.  It is a
well-recognized reproductive and developmental toxin.  It reduces fertility and
can cause miscarriage.

Mercury

Inorganic mercury is used in electrical equipment and some fungicides. 
Mercury is also used in dental fillings.  Incineration of medical waste,
batteries, fluorescent bulbs, and other products emits mercury. Organic mercury
is the most dangerous form because it is absorbed into the body and crosses the
brain and placenta easily.  Most organic mercury exposure comes from eating
fish high on the food chain, such as tuna, swordfish, shark and pike.  Like
lead, mercury is a reproductive and neurological toxin.

Organophosphate pesticides

Organophosphate pesticides account for about half of all insecticides used in
the United States. They are sprayed on crops including corn, cotton, fruits,
and vegetables, and used in household pest control products and lawn and garden
sprays. They are derived from phosphoric acid and were developed as nerve
agents during WWII. Last summer, the US Environmental Protection Agency
cancelled registrations of many uses of chlorpyrifosÑwhich was widely sprayed
on fruits and vegetables to kill insects and is used in termite control and
lawn care productsÑciting health risks to children. 77 million pounds of
organophosphates are used annually.

Phthalates

Phthalates are additives in plastics, particularly polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
plastic, which give plastics a range of characteristics from flexibility to
flame retardation. Because phthalates are not chemically bonded to the plastic,
they can leak into the environment.  In wildlife and laboratory animals, they
have been linked to reproductive health effects including reduced fertility,
miscarriage, birth defects, abnormal sperm counts, and testicular damage, as
well as liver and kidney cancer. Over 1 billion pounds are produced in the US
annually.

Cotinine

Cotinine provides an indication of nicotine exposure.  Two-thirds of smoke
from cigarettes is not inhaled by smokers but is released into the surrounding
air.  As a result, nonsmokers breathe in the same toxic chemicals in tobacco
smoke as the smokers do, with similar, although smaller effects.  Some 4,000
toxic chemicals-including 50 known carcinogens-have been identified in
cigarette smoke, including benzene, cyanide, cadmium, lead, radioactive
polonium, benzo(a)pyrene, ammonia, carbon monoxide, and nicotine. These
chemicals can cause cancer, heart disease and asthma, among other diseases.

RELATED INFORMATION:
Read more about Anne Platt McGinn's research paper, Why Poison Ourselves: A
Precautionary Approach to Synthetic Chemicals at
http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/001118.html

Oakland Tribune story Striking drop in second-hand smoke exposure But CDC study
finds rise in phthalates chemicals in humans

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Anne Platt McGinn - Senior Researcher, Email: [email hidden]
Leanne Mitchell-Public Relations Specialist, Email: [email hidden]

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Keep it up, Jan. You're sounding more like him every day.

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(Jan) said:

GROUND-BREAKING TOXICS REPORT WILL WAKE-UP AMERICA

Worldwatch Media Advisory

This advisory was issued to media on Tuesday March 20, 2001

On Wednesday, March 21, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) will release its National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals (full report available March 21 at 10am:
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report). Worldwatch Institute Senior Researcher
Anne Platt McGinn, author of Why Poison Ourselves: A Precautionary Approach to
Synthetic Chemicals is available for comment on the CDC's report findings and
the health effects of toxic chemicals.

Perhaps Jan could tell us what the CDC actually said, rather than what
some fearmonger said that the CDC might say.

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GROUND-BREAKING TOXICS REPORT WILL WAKE-UP AMERICA

Worldwatch Media Advisory

This advisory was issued to media on Tuesday March 20, 2001

On Wednesday, March 21, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) will release its National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals (full report available March 21 at 10am:
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report). Worldwatch Institute Senior Researcher
Anne Platt McGinn, author of Why Poison Ourselves: A Precautionary Approach

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Synthetic Chemicals is available for comment on the CDC's report findings

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the health effects of toxic chemicals.

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(Jan) said:

GROUND-BREAKING TOXICS REPORT WILL WAKE-UP AMERICA

Worldwatch Media Advisory

This advisory was issued to media on Tuesday March 20, 2001

On Wednesday, March 21, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Quoted message said:

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(CDC) will release its National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals (full report available March 21 at 10am:
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report). Worldwatch Institute Senior

Researcher

Quoted message said:

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Anne Platt McGinn, author of Why Poison Ourselves: A Precautionary

Approach to

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Synthetic Chemicals is available for comment on the CDC's report findings

and

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the health effects of toxic chemicals.

Perhaps Jan could tell us what the CDC actually said, rather than what
some fearmonger said that the CDC might say.

and that was TWO years ago. Since then another report has come out:
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
some of the highlights being that children who were exposed to lead has
DECLINED, there is lots more data. Both the summary and the full report can
be downloaded from the above link.

(Jan) said:

GROUND-BREAKING TOXICS REPORT WILL WAKE-UP AMERICA

Worldwatch Media Advisory

This advisory was issued to media on Tuesday March 20, 2001

Appropriate jansterism: ZZZzzz

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(Jan) said:

GROUND-BREAKING TOXICS REPORT WILL WAKE-UP AMERICA

Worldwatch Media Advisory

This advisory was issued to media on Tuesday March 20, 2001

On Wednesday, March 21, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

(CDC) will release its National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals (full report available March 21 at 10am:
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report). Worldwatch Institute Senior

Researcher

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Anne Platt McGinn, author of Why Poison Ourselves: A Precautionary

Approach to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Synthetic Chemicals is available for comment on the CDC's report findings

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the health effects of toxic chemicals.

Perhaps Jan could tell us what the CDC actually said, rather than what
some fearmonger said that the CDC might say.

and that was TWO years ago. Since then another report has come out:
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
some of the highlights being that children who were exposed to lead has
DECLINED, there is lots more data. Both the summary and the full report can
be downloaded from the above link.

Metals
(PDF 496K)
Lead (PDF 193K)
Cadmium (PDF 191K)
Mercury (PDF 177K)
Cobalt (PDF 179K)
Uranium (PDF 178K)
Antimony (PDF 177K)
Barium (PDF 168K)
Beryllium (PDF 172K)
Cesium (PDF 167K)
Molybdenum (PDF 175K)
Platinum (PDF 160K)
Thallium (PDF 178K)
Tungsten (PDF 176K)

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
(PDF 388K)
1-Hydroxybenz[a]anthracene
3-Hydroxybenz[a]anthracene
1-Hydroxybenzo[c]phenanthrene
2-Hydroxybenzo[c]phenanthrene
3-Hydroxybenzo[c]phenanthrene
3-Hydroxychrysene
6-Hydroxychrysene
3-Hydroxyfluoranthene
2-Hydroxyfluorene
3-Hydroxyfluorene
1-Hydroxyphenanthrene
2-Hydroxyphenanthrene
3-Hydroxyphenanthrene
1-Hydroxypyrene

Tobacco Smoke
(PDF 198K)
Cotinine

Phthalates
(PDF 300K)
Mono-ethyl phthalate (PDF 165K)
Mono-butyl phthalates (PDF 166K)
Mono-benzyl phthalate (PDF 167K)
Mono-cyclohexyl phthalate (PDF 169K)
Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (PDF 169K)
Mono-n-octyl phthalate (PDF 171K)
Mono-isononyl phthalate (PDF 170K)

Phytoestrogens
(PDF 265K)
Daidzein
Enterodiol
Enterolactone
Equol
Genistein
O-Desmethylangolensin

Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins, Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans, and Coplanar
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(PDF 327K)
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin(OCCD)
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (HpCDD)
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (HxCDD)
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (HxCDD)
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (PeCDD)
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzofuran (OCDF)
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzofuran (HpCDF)
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran (HxCDF)
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran (HxCDF)
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzofuran (HxCDF)
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran (PeCDF)
2,3,4,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran (HxCDF)
2,3,4,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran (PeCDF)
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF)
3,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl(PCB169)
3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl(PCB126)
3,4,4',5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB81)

Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(PDF 330K)
2,4,4'-Trichlorobiphenyl (PCB 28)
2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB 52)
2,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB 66)
2,4,4',5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB 74)
2,2',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 99)
2,2',4,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 101)
2,3,3',4,4'-Pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 105)
2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 118)
2,2',3,3',4,4'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 128)
2,2',3,4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 138)
2,2',3,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 146)
2,2',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 153)
2,3,3',4,4',5-Hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 156)
2,3,3',4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 157)
2,3',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 167)
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-Heptachlorobiphenyl (PCB 170)
2,2',3,3',4,5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (PCB 172)
2,2',3,3',4,5',6'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (PCB177)
2,2',3,3',5,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (PCB 178)
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (PCB 180)
2,2',3,4,4',5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (PCB 183)
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-Heptachlorobiphenyl (PCB 187)

Organophosphate Pesticides: Dialkyl Phosphate Metabolites
(PDF 260K)
Dimethylphosphate
Dimethylthiophosphate
Dimethyldithiophosphate
Diethylphosphate
Diethylthiophosphate
Diethyldithiophosphate

Organophosphate Pesticides: Specific Metabolites
(PDF 256K)
Malathion dicarboxylic acid
para-Nitrophenol
3,5,6-Trichloro-2-pyridinol
2-Isopropyl-4-methyl-6-hydroxypyrimidin

Organochlorine Pesticides
(PDF 349K)
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorocylclohexane
Beta-hexachlorocyclohexane
Gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
p,p'-DDT
p,p'-DDE
o,p'-DDT
Oxychlordane
trans-Nonachlor
Heptachlor epoxide
Mirex
Pentachlorophenol
Trichlorophenols
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol

Carbamate Pesticides
(PDF 218K)
1-Naphthol
2-Isopropoxyphenol
Carbofuranphenol

Herbicides
(PDF 234K)
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
2,4-Dichlorophenol
Atrazine mercapturate
Alachlor mercapturate

Pest Repellants and Disinfectants
(PDF 245K)
2-Naphthol
2,5-Dichlorophenol
N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide
ortho-phenylphenol

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