Body Burden Chemical Testing

Body Burden is a term used to determine the amount of chemical substances (naturally and man-made) present in a person's body at a given point in time. These are caused by instances such as chemicals from the food we eat or drink and various chemicals which we are exposed with within our lifetime such as pesticides, drugs and household/industrial products.

Some chemicals or their breakdown products (metabolites) lodge in our bodies for only a short while before being excreted, but continuous exposure to such chemicals can create a "persistent" body burden. Arsenic, for example, is mostly excreted within 72 hours of exposure. Other chemicals, however, are not readily excreted and can remain for years in our blood, adipose (fat) tissue, semen, muscle, bone, brain tissue, or other organs. Chlorinated pesticides, such as DDT, can remain in the body for 50 years. Whether chemicals are quickly passing through or are stored in our bodies, body burden testing can reveal to us an individual's unique chemical load and can highlight the kinds of chemicals we are exposed to as we live out each day of our lives. Of the approximately 80,000 chemicals that are used in the United States, we do not know how many can become a part of our chemical body burden, but we do know that several hundred of these chemicals have been measured in people's bodies around the world.

Significantly, most of these products are known to produce harm in humans and could causes several diseases such as cancer,birth defects,poisoning,lung problems,mental retardation and many others. Unfortunately, these not all these products are tested before it emerges out of the consumer market and poses a much higher risk on the health of humans.

CNN is exposing this kind of threat on us. They are having a 2 part episode documentary called Planet in Peril which they are featuring this 10/23/07 and 10/24/07.

Awareness is a crucial role we must take part in this types of harm or threats to our body. Get tested for body burden today.

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