Toxins In Children

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Chemicals affect everyday life, especially toxic ones in products such as sunscreen, inks, dyes, and cosmetics. With these toxins come birth defects, especially with the chemical group Glycol Ethers are linked to blood abnormalities and asthma in children. Many of these toxins are unavoidable, being in food and drink items such as milk and water. Although these items are in children's toys and food products they are also in our environment. Every second, 310kg of toxins are released into the air, water, and land by industrial factories.

The resources in our earth are being contaminated and used carelessly, such as what is said by Karen Rogers of Demand Media, “ It takes approximately 500 gallons of water for a textile factory to produce

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