Saturday, September 8, 2018
M3.1 Biomonitoring
After receiving the news regarding my lab values I am definitely concerned. The chemicals found were at unsafe levels. I'm concerned with all the chemicals found because they have such serious potential health effects. For example, Dioxins, are carcinogenic and can cause cognitive dysfunctions. DDT was found to be a reproductive toxicant which is very serious for me because I definitely hope to have children in the future. Other chemicals were shown to cause neurotoxic effects and liver effects. All of these chemicals are extremely scary and not something that I want to have in my body, however, we use things like makeup daily that contain dangerous chemicals. Upon receiving the new I'm very upset and nervous about my future. As stated I want to be a mom one day and a couple of the chemicals found in my blood were toxic to the reproductive system. I was also really scared when I received the new because of all the effects it can have on the Neurological system.
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Vanessa,
ReplyDeleteI agree, this exercise made us feel concerned about what we interact with on a day to day basis. Thank you for bringing this up as it relates to reproduction. I think it is something that I know I don't think about on a regular basis. Thanks for mentioning it because now I will be more mindful about how things I interact with now will effect me down the line.
I share the same feelings about the future. We expose ourselves to so many dangerous substances, and there is no way to tell what exactly will happen to our bodies. It definitely is scary.
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