A Present for Life - Hazardous chemicals in umbilical cord blood

08 September 2005

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Our children inherit the toxic burden of our planet.

This study, conducted for Greenpeace and WWF-UK by Dutch laboratory TNO, analysed blood samples donated by a number of women and confirmed that hazardous chemicals are unwittingly passed from mother to child.

Hazardous chemicals that are used in everyday household products end up in the bodies of unborn children via the mother.

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Authors:	Greenpeace
Date published:	08 September 2005
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Number of pages:	36
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