Over the last century there has been an enormous increase in the number of chemicals that we come into contact with throughout our everyday lives.
Chemicals are present in the houses we live in, the food we eat, the water we drink, the toiletries and cosmetics we use, even in the air that we breathe. With over 70,000 in existence, escape from contact with chemicals is impossible, as they now exist in virtually every facet of our modern lives.
Therefore, it may come as a shock to discover over 85% of the commonly used chemicals that we encounter so regularly have not even had minimum safety testing and there is no obligation on the chemical industry to properly assess the chemicals they sell or to use safer alternatives.
