#synthetic-chemicals

#synthetic-chemicals

More research is needed, however, for government agencies to determine whether the chemical levels found in these products requires greater regulation, the study authors say. The hazardous chemicals we identified each carry their own risks, says Elissia T. Franklin, lead author of the new paper and a research scientist at the nonprofit research organization Silent Spring Institute. Our findings showed that these products can expose [people] to multiple chemicals over time, and through repeated use, these combined exposures add up.

The industrial economy has created more than 100 million novel entities, or chemicals not found in nature, with somewhere between 40,000 and 350,000 in commercial use and production.