The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that environmental toxins and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are linked to health problems. The EPA lists a "Dirty Dozen" that can cause health issues, such as the brain, thyroid, and cause violence. More than 60,000 substances are registered substances with the EPA, and some of them are already known to be neurotoxins, endocrine disruptors, and carcinogens. Many of these chemicals are found in pesticides, insecticides, toxic metals and PCBs in plastics.

These environmental toxins wreck havoc with your health. POPs have been linked to obesity, cancer, thyroid problems, hormone issues, autism, attention deficit and hyperactivity in children, as well as other mental illness including violent behavior. Heart disease and diabetes risk is increased with exposure to these chemicals. Children are most at risk from exposure to environmental toxins.

Over 60 percent of the population was tested to have 20 of the pollutants in their blood. In Canada, 46 pollutants were found in every blood test administered. Cadmium has been found in 70 percent of American women over the age of 50, which increased their risk for myocardial infarction by 80 percent, osteoporosis by 40 percent and could be the cause of one fifth of the osteoporosis for that age group. Arsenic, found in drinking water, more than doubles one's risk of getting diabetes

Definition of a POP

"Organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes."

The United States EPA's Dirty Dozen list includes:

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