With diagnoses of attention deficit, autism, and learning disabilities on the rise, experts wonder whether toxins, inside and outside the home, could be causing ADHD in children and adults.
, “The endocrine system is so fine-tuned that it depends on changes in hormones in concentrations of a tenth of a trillion of a gram to control the womb environment. That’s as inconspicuous as one second in 3,619 centuries.”A year ago, I agreed to participate in that national study, conducted by the Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative, which tracked levels of environmental toxins in “normal” individuals.
The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative tested for 89 toxins, and it found 61 in several of the participants. Everyone, including me, tested positive for at least 26 of the chemicals. I had above-acceptable levels of PBDEs and triclosan . I was high in organic pesticides, thanks to the chemicals sprayed on my lawn, and in PFCs — chemicals that discourage eggs from sticking to my frying pan.