ZERO WASTE is the recycling of all materials back into nature or the marketplace in a manner that protects human health and the environment.

 

LIST OF CHEMICALS AND METALS THAT DISRUPT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Reprinted by Zero Waste America

Source: Dr. Theo Colborn, Our Stolen Future

Chemicals known to disrupt the endocrine system include:

DDT and its degradation products
DEHP (di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate)
Dicofol
HCB (hexachlorobenzene)
Kelthane
Kepone
Lindane and other hexachlorocyclohexane congeners
Methoxychlor
Octachlorostyrene
Synthetic pyrethroids
Triazine Herbicides
EBDC fungicides
Certain PCB cogeners
2,3,7,8-TCDD and other dioxins
2,3,7,8-TCDF and other furans
Cadmium
Lead
Mercury
Tributyltin and other organo-tin compounds
Styrene dimers and trimers
Alkyl phenols (non-biodegradable detergents and any oxidents present in modified plystyrene and PVCs)


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