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PHILIP SHABECOFF AND ALICE SHABECOFF

PHILIP SHABECOFF AND ALICE SHABECOFF. One of Every Three Children. Of America’s 73 million children, nearly one of every three suffers from a serious disorder. Cancer: 40,000 Lead poisoning: 600,000 Birth defects: 2.5 million Asthma: 6 million

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PHILIP SHABECOFF AND ALICE SHABECOFF

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  1. PHILIP SHABECOFF AND ALICE SHABECOFF

  2. One of Every Three Children Of America’s 73 million children, nearly one of every three suffers from a serious disorder. • Cancer: 40,000 • Lead poisoning: 600,000 • Birth defects: 2.5 million • Asthma: 6 million • Learning and behavioral disabilities: 12 million

  3. One of Every Two Pregnancies One of every two pregnancies ends either in fetal death or a less than healthy child. National Research Center, Scientific Frontiers in Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment, National Academies of Science Press, Washington, DC, 2000

  4. Increasing difficulty in conceiving Falling sperm quantity and quality More low birth weight, smaller head size Declining proportion of boys to girls Increasing sexual deformities among boys Increasing demasculinization Increasing endometriosis among teenage girls Earlier and earlier sexual development among girls More problems emerging

  5. Scene of the Crime Mercury Lead Hydrochloric acid Chromium Arsenic Sulfur dioxide • Nuclear waste such as tritium can leak into water supply

  6. Scene of the Crime Trihalomethane, a chlorine-by product Fluoride 95 components of treated human sewage, including cosmetics, household cleaners, pharmaceuticals such as Prozac, hormone replacements and antibiotics Teflon TCE or other industrial solvents Pesticide mixtures

  7. Scene of the Crime • PVC, polyvinyl chloride made of petroleum on a base of chloride Phthalates • When incinerated turns into dioxins • Formaldehyde • Flame retardants

  8. Scene of the Crime Diesel exhaust, made up of 40 toxic chemicals including benzene, butadiene, and formaldehyde, as well as nitrogen dioxide and the other harmful particles that make up soot. • Box made of vinyl, with bisphenol A and lead • Snacks may be processed with additives, artificial colors (synthetics made from petroleum)

  9. Scene of the Crime Weaned often on blood Bovine growth hormones/steroids including testosterone & estrogen Fed grain, not grass Pesticides & poultry litter in feed • Arsenic • Antibiotics • Chicken feed includes ground-up parts of dead chickens

  10. Scene of the Crime Atrazine, an herbicide Genetically modified seeds • Rocket fuel (Perchlorate) • Pesticides

  11. Co-conspirators

  12. Witnesses for the Defense Scientists-for hire Product defense companies Public relations and advertising firms Lobbyists Law firms Legislators

  13. The American Chemistry Council, the chemical industry's trade association, gave a $50 million contract to the Ogilvy Mather public relations company for ads aimed at young married women--potential mothers. • Small text reads, “It is the plastic pipes, the chlorination technology, the things that help make the water safe and refreshing. It is American Chemistry.”

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