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A new study confirms that chemical exposure begins in the womb, as
hundreds of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides are pumped
back and forth from mother to baby through umbilical cord blood.
Laboratory tests of 10 American Red Cross cord blood samples found an
average of 200 contaminants. The pollutants included mercury, fire
retardants, pesticides and the Teflon chemical PFOA. In total, the
babies'
blood had 287 chemicals, including 209 never before detected in cord
blood.
The Pollution in Newborns.
Published by Environmental Working Group.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2005
CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs, 202-667-6982
Study Finds Industrial Pollution
Begins in the Womb
Hundreds of Toxic Chemicals Measured
in Newborn Babies
WASHINGTON - Not long ago, scientists believed that babies in the womb
were largely protected from most toxic chemicals. A new study helps
confirm an opposite view: that chemical exposure begins in the
womb, as
hundreds of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides are pumped
back and forth from mother to baby through umbilical cord blood.
Environmental Working Group (EWG) commissioned laboratory tests of 10
American Red Cross cord blood samples for the most extensive array of
industrial chemicals, pesticides and other pollutants ever studied.
The
group found that the babies averaged 200 contaminants in their
blood. The
pollutants included mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and the
Teflon
chemical PFOA. In total, the babies' blood had 287 chemicals,
including
209 never before detected in cord blood.
The blood samples came from babies born in U.S. hospitals in August
and
September of 2004. The study, called Body Burden: The Pollution in
Newborns, tested each sample of umbilical cord blood for an
unprecedented
413 industrial and consumer product chemicals. The study
(www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/) is part of an important new science
that measures toxins in people - the human body burden.
"For years scientists have studied pollution in the air, water,
land and
in our food. Recently they've investigated its health impacts on
adults.
Now we find this pollution is reaching babies during vital stages of
development," said EWG Vice President for Research Jane Houlihan.
"These
findings raise questions about the gaps in our federal safety net.
Instead
of rubber-stamping almost every new chemical that industry invents,
we've
got to strengthen and modernize the laws that are supposed to protect
Americans from pollutants."
U.S. industries manufacture and import approximately 75,000 chemicals,
3,000 of them at over a million pounds per year. Yet health
officials do
not know how many of these chemicals pollute fetal blood and what the
health consequences of in utero exposures might be. Many of these
chemicals require specialized techniques to detect. Chemical
manufacturers
are not required to make available to the public or government health
officials methods to detect their chemicals in humans, and most do not
volunteer them.
EWG's Houlihan said that had her group been able to test for more
chemicals, it would almost certainly have detected them.
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FULL REPORT and following topics are linked on url:
http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/newsrelease.php
1: Executive summary
2: Babies are vulnerable to chemical harm
3: Human health problems on the rise
4: Recommendations
Detailed findings
Methodology
Questions and Answers
References
News Release
News Advisory
About This Report
Related News Coverage
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Fund are nonprofits that use the power of information to protect
public
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Commonweal is a nonprofit health and environmental research
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* * *<BR><BR><A href="http://www.ewg.org/reports/
bodyburden2/newsrelease.php">http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/
newsrelease.php</A><BR><BR>A
new study confirms that chemical exposure begins in the womb,
as<BR>hundreds of
industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides are pumped<BR>back
and forth
from mother to baby through umbilical cord blood.<BR><BR>Laboratory
tests of 10
American Red Cross cord blood samples found an<BR>average of 200
contaminants.
The pollutants included mercury, fire<BR>retardants, pesticides and
the Teflon
chemical PFOA. In total, the babies'<BR>blood had 287 chemicals,
including 209
never before detected in cord<BR>blood.<BR><BR>The Pollution in
Newborns.<BR><BR>Published by Environmental Working
Group.<BR><BR>*
* * *<BR><BR>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14,
2005<BR><BR>CONTACT:
EWG Public Affairs, 202-667-6982<BR><BR>Study Finds Industrial
Pollution<BR>Begins in the Womb<BR>Hundreds of Toxic Chemicals
Measured<BR>in
Newborn Babies<BR><BR>WASHINGTON — Not long ago, scientists
believed that babies
in the womb<BR>were largely protected from most toxic chemicals. A
new study
helps<BR>confirm an opposite view: that chemical exposure begins in
the womb,
as<BR>hundreds of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides are
pumped<BR>back and forth from mother to baby through umbilical cord
blood.<BR><BR>Environmental Working Group (EWG) commissioned
laboratory tests of
10<BR>American Red Cross cord blood samples for the most extensive
array
of<BR>industrial chemicals, pesticides and other pollutants ever
studied.
The<BR>group found that the babies averaged 200 contaminants in
their blood.
The<BR>pollutants included mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and
the
Teflon<BR>chemical PFOA. In total, the babies' blood had 287
chemicals,
including<BR>209 never before detected in cord blood.<BR><BR>The
blood samples
came from babies born in U.S. hospitals in August and<BR>September
of 2004. The
study, called Body Burden: The Pollution in<BR>Newborns, tested
each sample of
umbilical cord blood for an unprecedented<BR>413 industrial and
consumer product
chemicals. The study<BR>(www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/) is part
of an
important new science<BR>that measures toxins in people — the human
body
burden.<BR><BR>"For years scientists have studied pollution in the
air, water,
land and<BR>in our food. Recently they've investigated its health
impacts on
adults.<BR>Now we find this pollution is reaching babies during
vital stages
of<BR>development," said EWG Vice President for Research Jane
Houlihan.
"These<BR>findings raise questions about the gaps in our federal
safety net.
Instead<BR>of rubber-stamping almost every new chemical that
industry invents,
we've<BR>got to strengthen and modernize the laws that are supposed to
protect<BR>Americans from pollutants."<BR><BR>U.S. industries
manufacture and
import approximately 75,000 chemicals,<BR>3,000 of them at over a
million pounds
per year. Yet health officials do<BR>not know how many of these
chemicals
pollute fetal blood and what the<BR>health consequences of in utero
exposures
might be. Many of these<BR>chemicals require specialized techniques
to detect.
Chemical manufacturers<BR>are not required to make available to the
public or
government health<BR>officials methods to detect their chemicals in
humans, and
most do not<BR>volunteer them.<BR><BR>EWG's Houlihan said that had
her group
been able to test for more<BR>chemicals, it would almost certainly
have detected
them.<BR><BR>* * * *<BR><BR><BR>FULL REPORT and
following
topics are linked on url:<BR><A href="http://www.ewg.org/reports/
bodyburden2/newsrelease.php">http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/
newsrelease.php</A><BR><BR>1:
Executive summary<BR>2: Babies are vulnerable to chemical
harm<BR>3: Human
health problems on the rise<BR>4: Recommendations<BR><BR>Detailed
findings<BR>Methodology<BR>Questions and Answers<BR>References<BR>News
Release<BR>News Advisory<BR>About This Report<BR>Related News
Coverage<BR><BR>* * * *<BR><BR>The Environmental
Working Group
and Environmental Working Group Action<BR>Fund are nonprofits that
use the power
of information to protect public<BR>health and the
environment.<BR><BR>Commonweal is a nonprofit health and
environmental research
institute in<BR>Bolinas, California, whose programs contribute to
human and
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