{"id":124253,"date":"2022-01-16T14:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/toxic-reaction-how-to-clear-dangerous-pollutants-out-of-your-home\/"},"modified":"2022-01-16T14:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T07:12:25","slug":"toxic-reaction-how-to-clear-dangerous-pollutants-out-of-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/toxic-reaction-how-to-clear-dangerous-pollutants-out-of-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic reaction: how to clear dangerous pollutants out of your home"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfter tests revealed the levels of harmful chemicals in her blood, the environmental writer vowed to discover the best ways to keep her family safePeople will go to all sorts of lengths to move towards a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. Changing where and how they buy their clothes, cutting down on meat and dairy, and replacing trips in the car with journeys by foot. I\u2019ve done all of those \u2013 but I\u2019ve taken it further.Six months ago, I had my blood tested for 100 different persistent organic pollutants or POPs \u2013 chemicals such as pesticides and flame retardants that accumulate inside us and stick around for longer than we\u2019d like. Scientists at a specialist lab in Norway found traces of chemicals that were taken off the market decades ago, such as low levels of a metabolite of the infamous pesticide DDT, alongside concerning levels of some of the less well-known \u201cforever chemicals\u201d known as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances \u2013 a class of chemicals that includes the likes of Teflon). Most surprisingly, my blood contained relatively high levels of a chemical called oxychlordane that comes from a pesticide known as chlordane that was banned by the EU in 1981, just a year after I was born, so exposure was probably via the womb. What struck me most is that some of these highly hazardous chemicals last more than a lifetime. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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