The desire of industry decision-makers to produce toxic (poisonous) chemicals—that they can profit from—has proven insatiable. The EPA has documented more than 80,000 poisons.
From the EPA perspective, industry-created toxins just seem to arise, the way that leaves burst from tree branches, and the EPA dutifully takes note of them on its ever-growing list.
Contents
Toxins: Dealing with a Poisonous Assault
Toxic Soup: Tens of Thousands of Man-Made Poisons
Government / Agency Betrayal
Be on the Lookout for These Insidious Practices
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Toxins: Dealing with a Poisonous Assault
Toxins in a Nutshell — Toxins that people regularly encounter, how they enter the body, and the well-researched harms to health and immunity.
A Severe Betrayal: Man-Made Poisons (you’re here) — The desire of industry decision-makers to produce toxic (poisonous) chemicals—that they can profit from—has proven insatiable. The EPA has documented more than 80,000 poisons.
Oxidative Stress & Detoxification — Oxidative stress refers to a serious imbalance at the cellular level that is at the root of health issues. Detoxification is one of many natural processes of the human body and is conducted through various organs. The ability to effectively expel waste and toxins through multiple elimination pathways is crucial for optimizing health.
Pesticides, Glyphosate — Includes atrazine, CFS, DDT, fungicides. Harms: increased cancers, tumors, stillbirth, autism, brain damage, respiratory issues, liver disease, IBD, microbiome disruption, biodiversity loss, and damage to honeybees.
EDCs & Microplastics — Includes BPA, dioxins, parabens, PCBs, PE, PFAS, phenols, phthalates. Harms include ADHD, autism, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, children’s IQ decline, demasculinizing, diabetes, fertility issues, pregnancy complications, thyroid dysfunction, weight gain.
Fluoride — Fluoride is a neurotoxin, meaning it is a poisonous substance that disrupts the functioning of the nervous system. Harms include lower IQ in children, cancer, and osteoporosis.
Heavy Metals — Includes aluminum, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel. Harms include cellular damage, bone diseases, Alzheimer’s, autism, liver and kidney damage, cancer, heart disease, heart failure, stroke, death.
Synthetic Food Additives — Includes emulsifiers, carrageenan, food dyes, artificial sweeteners, preservatives. Harms include tumors, asthma, neurological damage, ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
Toxic Soup: Tens of Thousands of Man-Made Poisons
The desire of industry decision-makers to produce toxic (poisonous) chemicals—that they can profit from—has proven insatiable. As a result, we live in a toxic soup.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has more than 80,000 poisons in its Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory. As of May 2024, the EPA says, more than 40,000 poisons “are active.” [source and source]
The non-confidential portion of EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act Chemical Substance Inventory… is updated approximately every six months… The May 2024 update is available below. The Inventory contains 86,770 chemicals, of which 42,377 are active. – EPA
A toxin is, by definition, a poison. A poison is a substance that “kills, injures or impairs.”
Children are Suffering and Dying from Diseases Caused by the Onslaught of Toxic Chemicals
Children are suffering and dying from diseases that emerging scientific research links to chemical exposures, findings that require urgent revamping of laws around the world, according to a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Authored by more than 20 leading public health researchers, including one from the US EPA and another from the United Nations, the paper lays out “a large body of evidence” linking multiple childhood diseases to synthetic chemicals, and recommends a series of aggressive actions to... better protect children. The paper is a “call to arms” to forge an “actual commitment to the health of our children,” said a co-author of the paper. - The New Lede, Jan 8, 2025
The EPA writes, “The Inventory was initially published in 1979, and a second version, containing about 62,000 chemical substances, was published in 1982. The TSCA Inventory has continued to grow… and now lists more than 86,000 chemicals.”
Is this statement prideful—growth is always good? Or is it simply an observation, as one might take notes while studying how nature works in order to learn more about how to grow food? From the EPA perspective, it appears that industry-created poisons just arise, the way that leaves burst from tree branches, and the EPA dutifully takes note on its ever-growing inventory list.
The EPA tells us this is the “non-confidential” portion of the toxins list. Apparently trafficking in poisons is afforded market protection; what type of secrets about poisons are protected from public knowledge?
It’s reasonable to ask, who exactly is the Environmental “Protection” Agency protecting as it performs its stenographic duties regarding industry poisons?
The EPA acknowledges that tens of thousands of poisons have been manufactured by humans working for industry and unleashed on the planet. But the industry says there's been even more than that: perhaps 100,000, and some have surmised more than 140,000. No one knows for sure. [source] An industry group found that 6,000 poisons are ubiquitous in air, water, soil, food, medicine and consumer products, and consumer watchdog groups find hundreds of chemicals in a single product — thousands in rubber and vinyl products. [source and source]
It’s business-as-usual for corporations to “re-purpose” byproducts of industrial production and waste incineration for use in consumer products, including foods and food packaging, personal care products, and children’s toys. [source and source and source and source and source and source]
The staunch protection of industry by government “regulators” defies human reason. It only makes sense to want to be healthy, and to care for the planet in a way that nourishes us, our children, and our children’s children. But the facts are clear. Hundreds of research papers (organized by subject and linked here) show that the toxic chemicals that the EPA dutifully notes in its inventory are poisoning our bodies and minds, and are killing planetary life. Decades of history (summarized, with verifiable links here) demonstrate without a doubt that the regulatory bodies, entrusted to prevent such poisonings, have betrayed humanity.
The evidence is vast and unquestionable, having grown exponentially since the 1930s. The toxic chemicals that pervade the planet degrade and destroy the health and reproduction of humans and all life. They cause brain damage, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, cancers, heart disease, miscarriage, stillbirth, diabetes, respiratory problems, gut microbiome disruption, chronic inflammation, thyroid dysfunction, and weight gain among other consequences. They harm planetary and aquatic life, causing biodiversity loss and detrimental effects on pollinators (a vital part of the food system for life on planet Earth).
We Have Taken on the Burden of Unfathomable Numbers of Poisons
There are over 500 chemicals stored in our body and the average individual has at least seven pesticides tested in their urine. It is imperative to have a daily detoxification lifestyle to get these unwanted toxins out of our system. – Dr. David Jockers
"No One, Not Even the EPA Knows How Many Chemicals are in Use Today"
No one, not even the Environmental Protection Agency, knows how many chemicals are in use today. EPA has more than 85,000 chemicals listed on its inventory of substances that fall under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). – Chemical & Engineering News
Researchers Tested 50 Common Consumer Products; They Detected Thousands of Chemicals and Couldn’t Even Identify Most of Them
Researchers selected 50 common consumer products to test, including plastic bags, rubber gloves, car tire granules, children’s toys and balloons… There were so many different chemicals detected that only a small percentage showed up in multiple products — and the vast majority couldn’t be identified at all. In fact, out of all the products tested, only 26% of the chemical features could be identified [i.e. they were listed in established substance indexes], highlighting how little is known about the toxicity of everyday products. Out of all the chemicals detected, those added to natural rubber and used in dishwashing gloves were the worst. Household products contain a striking number of chemicals; one rubber car tire contained 2,456 chemical features, and there was a median of 386 across all the products tested. – Dr. Joseph Mercola
Government / Agency Betrayal
People have empowered and entrusted government regulatory agencies to conduct protective functions.
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. EPA works to ensure that Americans have clean air, land and water.” – EPA
The EPA has made a mockery of people’s trust, denying even children these most basic of human rights.
Government agencies entrusted to promote safety have caused great harm — easily verifiable with reams of evidence demonstrating decades of betrayal and corruption. Examples from the contemptible record of the EPA and CDC are below and the links go to a more comprehensive curation. For NHS England, see here.
Verifiable Evidence
Each line item below has multiple links. Select the phrases you’re most interested in to verify sources.
Government uses the power granted to it to do the following:
Neglect to protect waterways from municipal wastewater discharges, from pharmaceuticals containing toxic PFAS, and from “plumes of forever chemicals from US military bases” that poison drinking water supplies. Fail to protect bottled water… mineral water… sparkling water... and water on airplanes. Stand by while researchers and everyday people report on the harms from drinking poisoned water contaminated with forever chemicals and weedkiller poisons… Leave whole cities without support even when there are egregious, public violations of water safety regulations, neglecting to prevent or address the entirety of the U.S. experiencing “unsafe levels of a cancer-causing chemical contaminating the tap water of more than 200 million Americans in all 50 states.” Repeatedly betray people, after they supposedly took care of removing poisons from the water.
Fail to protect sources of food from multiple known harms including phthalates which cause a litany of disease … BPA, linked to heart disease and other serious harms… synthetic food dyes that cause neurobehavioral disorders, respiratory issues, and developmental delays… neurotoxins sold as artificial sweeteners, which also cause cancer, and pesticides such as glyphosate, atrazine, paraquat, and CFS that cause cancer as well as brain damage, decreased IQ, and autism in children among other harms. 100% of Girl Scout cookies tested positive for glyphosate, plus toxic metals such as cadmium and lead.
Fail to protect clean air, neglecting at least 83 million people known to be breathing “unhealthy air”… displaying such contempt for communities exposed to ‘toxic mountains’ of waste that the EPA must be threatened with legal action, and equally as dismissive of contaminated air quality in children’s schools, despite known health risks posed by PCBs used in the building materials.
Refuse to perform the duties required by its mission, failing even to fulfill promised clean up of places on the EPA “National Priorities List” after 14 years and in some cases, actively fighting against its responsibilities while defending harmful policies that promote cancer, brain issues in children, and endocrine issues among other harms.
Delay taking action for decades on known harms, again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again.
Claim to be evidence-based (“one of the world’s leading environmental and human health research organizations”) when, in fact, it’s business as usual to deny acknowledging research with evidence of harm… again and again and again and again and again, while allowing shoddy, corrupt “research” designed to protect industry interests again and again, going so far as to rely on “models” that can be controlled with the result of obfuscating, denying and distracting from research that shows evidence of harm. The “regulatory” agencies have a history of relying on industry to inform them of research while the companies they are charged with regulation withhold information for decades and simply suppress evidence of harm until a whistleblower comes forth or the malfeasance is caught in some other way.
Approve and promote the use of toxic chemical compounds such as chlorine,
