What are Toxins and Toxicants?
Toxicants abound all around us! Day in and day out, we are surrounded by innumerable toxins and toxicants alike. Naturally occurring toxins exist in living organisms such as the poisonous mushroom or the venomous spider. Toxicants, on the other hand, are created by human beings and regularly encountered on a daily basis. People fully understand natural toxins are harmful and generally do fairly well avoiding them. Unfortunately, our lives are inundated with man-made toxicants not so easily eluded, such as:
synthetic fragrances in cosmetics
and cleaning products
plastic and BPA in water bottles
mercury in dental fillings and fish
pesticides and GMOs in produce
flame retardants in clothing and
furniture
medications like birth control pills
over the counter pain relievers and
antacids
