Our bodies have become virtual dumping grounds for the hundreds of thousands of toxic compounds that invade our air, water, and even the soil that nurtures our food.

More than 77,000 chemicals are in active production in North America. More than 3,000 chemicals are added to our food supply; and more than 10,000 chemicals in the form of solvents, emulsifiers, and preservatives are used in food processing, packaging, wrapping, and storage.

Everyday, all of us ingest tiny amounts of these chemicals. The EPA estimates there are more than 20,000 chemicals that our bodies cannot metabolize . Chemicals not metabolized are stored in the fat cells throughout our bodies where they continue to accumulate.

As these chemicals build up, they alter our metabolism, cause enzyme dysfunction and nutritional deficiencies, create hormonal imbalances, damage brain chemistry, and cause cancer. Because the chemicals accumulate in different parts of the body and at different rates and in different combinations, there is a disturbingly large variety of different chronic illnesses that can result.

• Columbia University School of Public Health reports that 95% of cancer is caused by diet and environmental toxicity.
• EPA studies of human fat biopsies found styrene residue in 100% of people.
• According to the EPA, our bodies accumulate 210mcg of just plasticizers (phthalates) everyday.
• Studies show that most of us have between 400 and 800 chemical residues stored in the fat cells of our bodies.
• A USA Today article indicates that the average city water contains more than 500 chemicals.