Are Chemicals Affecting Your Health?

Everyday Exposures Can Be Harmful

 We are inundated with products – at home, at school, at work, on our bodies – that can adversely affect our health (see: 8 Costly Hazards You Can Eliminate). Some symptoms appear on warning labels, but mounting evidence indicates that many ingredients need further scrutiny, particularly for effects on brain, respiratory, and reproductive function. The connection between chemical exposure and resulting symptoms can elude doctors because we are exposed to so many chemicals, and no two people react exactly alike.   

Some People Are More Sensitive To Common Chemicals

 Those at greater risk from low-level chemical exposure include: babies in utero, children, women, the elderly, workers in high-risk occupations, and people with chronic existing illnesses, such as asthma, and allergies.

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SOME POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Fatigue, tension, headaches, confusion, memory loss, depression, hyperactivity, sleep disturbances, dizziness

SKIN Flushing, eczema, rashes, hives

CARDIOVASCULAR Rapid heartbeat, irregular heartbeat, migraines, hypertension

MUSCULOSKELETAL Joint pain, muscle spasms, backaches, swollen limbs

EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT Nasal stuffiness, sinus infections, watery eyes, earaches

GASTROINTESTINAL Nausea, bloating, constipation, cramps  

RESPIRATORY Frequent colds, bronchitis, shortness of breath, asthma