Saturday, May 28, 2011

Household chemicals cause of family's chronic illness

Household chemicals cause of family's chronic illness
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Household+chemicals+cause+family+chronic+illness/4854269/story.html

"When inflammation, bruises and pain began appearing in her body in 1993, Rohini Peris had no idea what might have been the cause.
She saw several doctors and they too were stumped, Peris recalled.
Three years later, the Dollard des Ormeaux resident finally got a diagnosis: Tests at a U.S. laboratory revealed high levels of the chemical Lindane (a chlorinated pesticide used to exterminate spiders) and pesticides DDT and DDE in her blood."

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