Toxic Legacy

PREFACE

FOREWORD

Chapter 1: CONFRONTING THE UNKNOWN

1.1 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN THE HUMAN HABITAT

1.2 DEFINING THE RISK

1.3 DEFINING THE UNKNOWN

1.4 CONFRONTING THE UNKNOWN

Chapter 2: AN INTRODUCTION TO SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN FOOD

2.1 UNDERSTANDING THE FDA DATA COLLECTION PROCESS

2.2 A LAYMAN’S APPROACH TO MARKET BASKET CHEMISTRY

2.3 THE SELECTED MARKET BASKETS

2.4 CHOOSING SAFER FOODS

Chapter 3: THE NUMBER OF SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN FOOD

3.1 DAIRY PRODUCTS

3.2 PROTEIN PRODUCTS

3.3 FRUIT PRODUCTS

3.4 GRAIN AND NUT PRODUCTS

3.5 VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

3.6 MIXED FOOD PRODUCTS

3.7 CHILD AND INFANT PRODUCTS

3.8 SUMMARY OF THE FOOD PRODUCT CATEGORY DATA

Chapter 4: SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN A BALANCED DIET

4.1 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN DAIRY PRODUCTS

4.2 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN PROTEIN PRODUCTS

4.3 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN FRUIT PRODUCTS

4.4 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN GRAIN AND NUT PRODUCTS

4.5 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

4.6 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN MIXED PRODUCTS

4.7 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN CHILD AND INFANT PRODUCTS

4.8 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN A BALANCED DIET

4.9 OPTIONS FOR CHOOSING SAFER FOODS

Chapter 5: DIETS AND CHEMICAL MIXTURES

5.1 SUMMARY

Chapter 6: FOOD CONTAMINATION AT THE CITY AND REGIONAL LEVELS

6.1 BEVERAGES AND DRINKING WATER

Chapter 7: SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER

7.1 WHAT IS SAFE DRINKING WATER?

7.2 CHOOSING A SAFER DRINKING WATER

7.3 SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER

7.4 SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL POLLUTION OF DRINKING WATER

7.5 MONITORING FOR SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS

7.6 COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE WATER DATA

7.7 BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA

7.8 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

7.9 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK

7.10 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

7.11 BOISE, IDAHO

7.12 CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

7.13 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA

7.14 DAYTON, OHIO

7.15 DENVER, COLORADO

7.16 FRESNO, CALIFORNIA

7.17 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

7.18 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

7.19 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

7.20 LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA

7.21 LONG BEACH, NEW JERSEY

7.22 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

7.23 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

7.24 NEW YORK, NEW YORK

7.25 OGDEN, UTAH

7.26 OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

7.27 ORLANDO, FLORIDA

7.28 PEORIA, ILLINOIS

7.29 PHOENIX, ARIZONA

7.30 PORTLAND, OREGON

7.31 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

7.32 PUEBLO, COLORADO

7.33 RENO, NEVADA

7.34 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

7.35 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

7.36 SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA

7.37 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

7.38 TACOMA, WASHINGTON

7.39 TULSA, OKLAHOMA

7.40 WASHINGTON, D.C.

7.41 WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

7.42 WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS

7.43 DATA SUMMARY

7.44 WATER QUALITY RANKING

7.45 CONSUMER ALTERNATIVES

Chapter 8: SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN AIR

8.1 HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS

8.2 DATA SOURCE AND LIMITATIONS

8.3 TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASES BY CITY

8.4 CONCENTRATION TRENDS

8.5 THE OCCURRENCE OF SINGLE-RING AROMATICS

8.6 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 9: TOXICITY AND SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL MIXTURES

9.1 SINGLE CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS

9.2 CAUSATION OF DISEASES: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

9.3 FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION REQUIRING THAT FOOD AND WATER BE UNADULTERATED

9.4 THE NEED FOR WARNING LABELS IN THE SUPERMARKET

9.5 DRINKING WATER AND WARNING LABELS

9.6 BREAST MILK AS AN INDICATOR OF WHAT IS WRONG IN THE ENVIRONMENT

9.7 MULTIPLE CONTAMINANTS AND INCREASING TOXIC RESPONSES

9.8 CHEMICAL MIXTURES AND TOXIC OUTCOMES

9.9 WHAT DOSE IS SAFE?

9.10 IT IS NOT JUST THE DOSE THAT MAKES THE POISON

Chapter 10: THE BODY’S SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL BURDEN

10.1 THE BODY’S TOXIC BURDEN

10.2 OUR TOXIC LEGACY

10.3 A NATIONAL CONTAMINANT RANKING

10.4 SUMMARY

APPENDIX

GLOSSARY

INDEX