The 5 Worst Toxins in Our Environment

Most of us believe we are healthy. We eat right. We exercise. We avoid smoking. But our surrounding environment is quite toxic, and as a result, we have toxins in our bodies. Let’s take a look at the 5 worst chemicals that affect our health and how to avoid exposure to them.

These chemicals have become so ubiquitous, we add to the toxic load in our bodies on a daily basis. When those levels reach a critical level, we begin to experience a wide range of signs and symptoms throughout our bodies.

Over the last 50 years, our modern environment has faced an ever increasing onslaught of hazardous metals, chemicals, and pollutants. In 1998, U.S. industries reported manufacturing 6.5 trillion pounds of 9,000 different chemicals. In 2000, major American companies dumped 7.1 billion pounds of 650 different industrial chemicals into our air and water.

Some of the most dangerous offenders are as these:

Dioxins

Dioxins are chemical compounds formed as a result of combustion processes such as commercial or municipal waste incineration & from burning fuels like wood, coal or oil.