Maine study pushes for policies to protect public from potential toxins
Published: 18 June 2007
Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Reproductive/Hormonal Changes
The Bangor Daily News reports that environmentalists and health groups are pushing for new policies to protect the public from potential toxins found in everyday consumer products after a study revealed the presence of dozens of industrial chemicals in 13 Maine residents. On average, the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine detected 36 chemicals in each participant. Some of such chemicals can allegedly be found in water-repellant clothing, nonstick cookware and “many plastics.” The authors of the study describe such plastics chemicals, called phthalates, as “hormone-disrupting chemicals that threaten reproductive health.”