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Environmental Toxins and Cancer

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Some experts believe that half of all cancer results from our exposure to various environmental toxins. While some of these toxic substances obviously come from our drinking water, it appears that most are finding their way into our food supply.

Some of these toxins are formed naturally when grains or other food products begin to break down and develop molds. For example, in China, the incidence of liver cancer has skyrocketed due to a mold that grows on rice. In some parts of China, as many as one in 10 adults dies from liver cancer caused by the chemical aflatoxin found in the mold. Aflatoxin also grows on corn and other cereal grains, and has been linked to increases in cancer rates throughout the world.

Many man-made environmental toxins, some of which have been banned from further use, are also finding their way into the food chain. In Europe, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been found in hen eggs. Further investigation found that the source was chicken feed contaminated with oil. The problem, however, both in this country and abroad, is that there is no regular monitoring in place to check animal feeds, produce, etc., for the hundreds of potential contaminants. If a farmer unknowingly feeds his chickens contaminated feed, or allows them to graze on contaminated soil, and the toxins later show up in their eggs, who would know?

And toxic contamination isnt limited to chickens and/or eggs. Beef, milk, grains, fruit, vegetables, fish, and practically every other food source has been shown to have some level of pesticide, herbicide, toxic metal, pollutant, or other contaminant at one time or another. Unless you raise all your own food, theres a pretty good chance youll be ingesting environmental toxins from the food and/or water supply at one time or another. (If youre drinking chlorinated water, youre already consuming toxins on a regular basis.)