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Hello, Are you from the UK? Your title caught my attention as I recently attended a CHE (Collaborative for the Health and the Environment) in Florida. Even though we know that pesticides are suspected to cause PD and many other conditions, to learn and read about specifics is frustrating. There are so many toxins, one doesn't know where to begin. We could have PD because of an exopsure when we were very young or even in the womb. Anyway, here are some links if anyone is interested: http://www.cheforhealth.org/ http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/index.php http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/5686/5686.html http://www.cheforhealth.org/resources/TEDEX.html Paula Wittekind The real WMDs - the media - Weapons of Mass Distortion ----- Original Message ----- From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 8:13 AM Subject: environment > Tests reveal presence of toxic chemicals in MEPs' blood > > > > In short: > Blood tests conducted by WWF on Parliamentarians have revealed the presence > of dangerous chemicals in every sample. Industry says it is "concerned" but > questions the real threat to human health. > > > > > Brief News: > An analysis by WWF of blood samples taken from 47 people from across Europe > has revealed the presence of 76 persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic > industrial chemicals in the blood of those tested. > > > The sample included 39 Members of the European Parliament, four observers from > accession countries, one former MEP and three WWF staff, representing 17 > countries in Europe. Their blood samples were analysed for 101 chemicals from > five groups: organochlorine pesticides including DDTs; PCBs; brominated flame > retardants; phthalates; and perfluorinated compounds (PFOS). > > > Every sample contained traces of at least one in each of the five groups of > substances that were tested, a total of 76 from the 101. "Continuing exposure > to a cocktail of toxic chemicals cannot be considered safe," said Karl > Wagner, the Director of WWF's DetoX Campaign. He says the best way to protect > people "is for the EU to adopt a strengthened version of the proposed REACH > law to identify and phase out the most harmful chemicals". > > > Responding to EurActiv, the European chemicals industry association CEFIC said > they were "clearly concerned" and taking the survey "very seriously". > "Obviously, we're aware that traces of chemicals can be found in people's > blood. That has always been the case," added CEFIC. But the association > questioned what could really be interpreted from the analysis. "It doesn't > help much on [assessing] the risks," a CEFIC official told us. "Whether this > [study] is pointing to a real health threat remains to be seen," he added. He > pointed to an earlier study by WWF which found concentrations of substances > "below levels of health concerns". > > > "A lot of these substances have already been abandoned," the official said > adding that the levels had been "falling sustantially" over time. > > > In the meantime, internal wranglings are still going on in the Parliament over > what Committee will take the lead on the REACH dossier (environment, industry > or legal affairs committee). A senior source in the Parliament secretariat > told EurActiv that an unofficial settlement had been reached whereby the > whole dossier would be left for the next Parliament to decide in autumn. > > > Links: > > > > Official Documents: > > > Time-saving overviews: > > LinksDossier: Chemicals Review (including position papers by all important > stakeholders) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >