5/10/2023 0 Comments Breasts by Florence Williams![]() These chemicals are the gift that keeps on giving: "When we nurse our babies, we feed them not only the fats and sugars that fire their immune systems, cellular metabolisms, and cerebral synapses." ![]() It stores in its tissues "known culprits such as BPA, DDT, and a common weedkiller called atrazine." And so many more work their way into the tissues, from all sorts of unexpected sources: fake leather, the insides of tin cans, sunglasses, plastic wraps, rubber gloves, soaps, deodorants, toys, shower curtains, soap, sun screen, vinyl, car seats, and especially new furniture. Īnd why does this horror story - so familiar to many of us - appear in a book on breasts? Because the mammary gland "is the most sensitive organ" when it comes to being blindsided by chemicals. Forty-two billion pounds are made here or imported each day, for use in products and materials. Of the 650 top-volume chemicals in use, four billion pounds get released into the American air and water each year. "Only a few hundred have ever been tested for health effects, and only five have been banned." In the United States, 700 new chemicals come on the market each year, in addition to the 82,000 already being produced. ![]() They can turn both babies and grown men into lunkheads. We name them affectionately, but with a hint of insult."īreasts embarrass us. ![]() ![]() "We love breasts, yet we can't quite take them seriously. Williams starts her book on breasts on a jolly, even slightly lascivious note:įunbags. ![]()
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