{"id":2476,"date":"2011-05-13T17:51:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T21:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2011-05-13T17:51:48","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T21:51:48","slug":"book-review-what%e2%80%99s-gotten-into-us-by-mckay-jenkins-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2011\/05\/13\/book-review-what%e2%80%99s-gotten-into-us-by-mckay-jenkins-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – What\u2019s Gotten Into Us? – By McKay Jenkins – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know by now \u2014 don\u2019t we? \u2014 that many of the synthetic chemicals in our food, personal-\u00adcare and cleaning products, toys and household goods are harming not just the environment but ourselves. Body-burden tests, for measuring exposure to chemicals, reveal flame retardants, plasticizers, pesticides and perfluorinated chemicals in the blood of almost every person studied. We see rising rates of some cancers, autoimmune disorders, reproductive illnesses, autism and learning disabilities. Meanwhile, our consumption of synthetic chemicals, a majority of which haven\u2019t been tested for human health impacts, has skyrocketed. A growing number of books make the case that these phenomena are linked….<\/p>\n

Consumers are hardly blameless, Jenkins says. We\u2019ve allowed ourselves to become alienated from the products we use: we don\u2019t know where they come from or how they\u2019re made (let alone where they go when we\u2019re done with them). The more this physical and psychological distance between our stuff and ourselves grows \u2014 a breach filled by brands \u2014 the more confused we get. \u201cThe dumber we feel, the less confident we are in our decisions,\u201d Jenkins riffs. \u201cThe less confident we are, the more susceptible we become to the suggestion that everything is as it should be.\u201d When we reach unthinkingly for a familiar brand, \u201cwe implicitly grant authority \u2014 and trust \u2014 to what manufacturers have told us, that a product is \u2018safe.\u2019 \u201d But doesn\u2019t surrendering to corporate marketers cut both ways? Seventh Generation, a brand synonymous with a lighter environmental impact, is just as eager to win our trust as Dow Chemical.<\/p>\n

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We all know by now \u2014 don\u2019t we? \u2014 that many of the synthetic chemicals in our food, personal-\u00adcare and cleaning products, toys and household goods are harming not just the environment but ourselves. Body-burden tests, for measuring exposure to chemicals, reveal flame retardants, plasticizers, pesticides and perfluorinated chemicals in the blood of almost every … <\/p>\n

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