{"id":25261,"date":"2013-11-11T16:06:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T14:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/11\/is-your-child-at-danger-in-your-home\/"},"modified":"2013-11-11T16:06:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T14:06:40","slug":"is-your-child-at-danger-in-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/is-your-child-at-danger-in-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your child at danger in your home?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As concerned and loving parents, we do our very best to protect our children from any and all potentials dangers.\u00a0 What about those dangers lurking in our home?\u00a0 We\u2019re talking about exposure to synthetic chemicals, plastics, sound-carrying waves, low-level radiation, electro-magnetic pollution and environmental pollution.<\/p>\n

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Is your child in danger<\/p>\n

All these things can affect the health of our children.\u00a0 They can lead to the possibility of future lifestyle diseases or the worsening of current health problems.\u00a0 Examples might be diabetes, asthma, ADHD, infertility, obesity, allergies, learning disabilities, autism and cancer.<\/p>\n

Chemical agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fact is that we live in a world where chemicals are used in extraordinary quantities.\u00a0 It appears that the rise in chemical usage on food crops occurred predominantly post World War II.\u00a0 It was then that the arms and chemical warfare industries found themselves with excesses of chemical wastes (and leftover chemical warfare stock) and a desire to utilise them profitably.<\/p>\n

The era of chemical farming began and \u2013 to this day \u2013 billions of tons of chemicals are used on food crops annually across the globe.<\/p>\n

Supporters of this non-sustainable farming method will tell you that we have reaped untold benefits from their use.\u00a0 However, proponents of sustainable, environmentally friendly (organic) farming will assure you that the damage done to our soils and our health will take more than a few lifetimes to correct \u2013 assuming it can actually be done.<\/p>\n

Can we handle these chemicals?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apart from those used in agriculture, chemicals in plastics pose a huge threat to human health.<\/p>\n

Human beings are simply not equipped biochemically, to deal with synthetic chemicals.\u00a0 We have an amazing set of detoxification organs, but they are no match for the potent and disastrous effects these chemicals have.\u00a0 The liver is tasked with processing these compounds.\u00a0 If it is able to keep up with the daily assault of environmental toxins, it will need to \u2018steal\u2019 nutrients from the body in order to eventually excrete the chemicals.\u00a0 If it isn\u2019t coping well, these chemicals can displace key nutrients within the body, leading to enzymatic disruptions and, ultimately, disease.<\/p>\n

Some of the household contents that may be posing a threat to your child\u2019s health include the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n