{"id":5092,"date":"2006-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2006-10-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-11T00:00:00","slug":"natl-geographic-mcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/natl-geographic-mcs\/","title":{"rendered":"National Georgraphic Explores Multiple Chemical Sensitivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The current October 2006 issue of <i>National Geographic<\/i> magazine explores the issues chemical pollution within our bodies and the increasing rates of multiple chemical sensitivity. The author of the article, Peter Essick, underwent extensive testing and discovered that he&#39;s carrying around an extremely high level of PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers), used as flame retardants in carpets, televisions, computers, automobiles, and mattresses (excluding <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/royalpedic-latexorganic.asp'>organic mattresses<\/a>, of course). In lab animals, PBDEs can cause problems with hormonal, reproductive, and neurological systems.<\/p>\n<p>Other chemicals and pollutants discussed in the articles include DDT, PCBs, formaldehyde, lead, mercury, dioxins, pesticides, and plastic ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>One photo caption in the article states: &#8216;Want a formaldehyde hit? Apply the wrong cologne on a summer day. &#39;Suddenly, there&#39;s chemistry going off all around your head,&#39; says University of Texas environmental engineer Richard Corsi.&#39;&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current October 2006 issue of National Geographic magazine explores the issues chemical pollution within our bodies and the increasing rates of multiple chemical sensitivity. The author of the article, Peter Essick, underwent extensive testing and discovered that he&#39;s carrying&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}