Children are on the environmental front lines. They can be exposed to thousands of chemicals in utero and even in low doses these chemicals can cause health repercussions for a lifetime. There is proof in the literature that exposure to flame retardants, pesticides, PCB's, BPA and other hormone-disrupting chemicals does alter brain development in children. These alterations get expressed and manifest as impaired immune function, hormone imbalances and neurological injuries.
Do these chemicals contribute the epidemic of autism? A study involving 175 pregnant women from the Cincinnati Ohio area showed that exposure to a brominated flame retardant PBDE-28 and trans-nonachlor – a component of the banned pesticide chlordane – increased autism-like behaviors. PBDE-28 was proven to be linked to disrupting infant thyroid hormones which are critical for brain development. Chlordane, banned in the eighties, is a known carcinogen. The worst news was that women had 44 suspected hormone-disrupting chemicals in their blood and urine.
Autism rates in the United States climbed 78 percent between 2002 and 2012 and experts now acknowledge that environmental toxins and genetics play a combined role in affecting 1 percent of children in the US affected by autism spectrum disorder. That translates to 1 in 88 children.
We specialize in environmental detoxification at Second Nature. We are your Detox Experts. We work with pre-conception couples, pregnant women and children. We test, treat and educate you and your family about how to live healthy in a toxic world. We will create your individualized plan that is affordable, realistic and easy to follow.
Call us (845) 358-8385 and let's start your environmental detoxification today.
