Environmental chemical exposure has never been more pervasive with thousands of chemicals in use around the world.
A recent study done by the Environmental Working Group made worldwide headlines after finding residue of the herbicide glyphosate present in all but two of the 45 tested children’s oat-based cereals.
While this study only tested U.S. products, in Australia it has raised discussion around how many chemicals are integrated into our food and water supply, and even the air we breathe.
Every day, we ingest small amounts of many chemicals and in many cases, our bodies cannot metabolise and clear all of them. Chemicals that are not metabolised are stored in the fat cells throughout our bodies, where they continue to accumulate. As these chemicals build up they can alter our metabolism, cause enzyme dysfunction and nutritional deficiencies, create hormonal imbalances, damage brain chemistry and can cause cancer. Because the chemicals accumulate in different parts of the body—at different rates and in different combinations—there are many different chronic illnesses that can result.
