"These results are alarming for their implications of health impacts on children," Trasande said.
Another challenge facing chemical regulators is understanding how the different chemicals interact together, which is particularly significant given the number of chemicals found in people.
"What we're finding are complex mixtures of chemicals that sometimes have similar toxicities," Jacobs said. "There's an increased recognition that mixtures are a problem. ... It's very difficult to evaluate, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. We should also try to decrease the toxicity of individual chemicals."
Reprinted from Greenwire with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. www.eenews.net, 202-628-6500
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Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisPlease avoid the use of the word "chemical" for "substance that is unlikely to be of biological origin". I hope umbilical cord blood actually contains tens of thousands of different chemicals, not only two hundred. Even though it can be argued that all compounds are potentially toxic, it is still a bad habit to use "chemical" and "non-natural toxic substance" as synonyms.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI would love to hear from you what chemicals you found and how we can avoid getting these chemicals into the umbilical cord.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisWe would love to hear from you which chemical compounds you found and how we could avoid getting these compounds into the umbilical cord.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThey may not all be chemicals, however that is what the researchers call them.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisHello ! I work for a cord blood bank and can give you the facts behind the over-promotion. See http://cordadvantage.com/cord-blood-blog/2011/5-straight-facts-about-cord-blood-viacord-viacell-and-cord-blood-registry-wont-tell-you/ to find 5 Straight Facts About Cord Blood ViaCord / ViaCell and Cord Blood Registry Won’t Tell You.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisJosephVos ~ I work with Shaklee, I would love to give you information on toxins and how to avoid them. email me at mmacpetrie0@gmail.com and I can give you more information.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisJosephVos ~ I work with Shaklee, I would love to give you information on toxins and how to avoid them. email me at mmacpetrie0@gmail.com and I can give you more information.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisRob Hooft when they say 200 chemicals, they indeed mean toxic, non organically naturally occurring chemicals.These are man made chemicals which are known "toxins" to humans. That means that these "200 chemicals" are indeed the sort to have a known impact on human life and health.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisYou should google "Articles on hormone disruptors" before you get too upset about the suggested findings and while it's nice and all that the writer of this article is being "Politically Correct" in it's closing statement, "less harmful" is not enough, period. When it comes to sustainable, longterm human existence, which is highly questionable with all of today's new, man-made toxins (in the name of making money and "progress"), NON toxic, as in NOT toxic in the LEAST is the ONLY acceptible alternative. Less toxic is NOT EVER going to be okay with me, nor my future children and grandchildren, thank you.