I'll Have My Cosmetics With a Side of Infertility, Please

By Heather Gehlert, AlterNet
Posted on October 25, 2007, Printed on October 25, 2007
http://www.alternet.org/story/66074/

Carcinogens in cosmetics? Petrochemicals in perfume? If only this were an urban legend. Unfortunately, it's a toxic reality, and it's showing up in our bodies.

In 2004, scientists found pesticides in the blood of newborn babies. A year later, researchers discovered perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel, in human breast milk. Today, people are testing positive for a litany of hazardous substances from flame retardants to phthalates to lead.