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To: quehubo who wrote (149672)	11/11/2010 4:05:00 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541677

You are right in saying that air and water pollution has been pretty dramatically reduced. This is what is behind the comments I made. My parents, who grew up in the midwest, grew up in pretty pristine conditions. My mom is 94. As a child she wasn't even exposed to car exhausts, much less all the chemicals in foods, household cleaners, and pesticides. My own early childhood was somewhat pristine but certainly pesticides were making their way into the food chain, and my mother was starting to use all the latest household sprays, etc. My own children were exposed from the womb on to god knows what. I didn't clue in to the world of pollutants and poisons all around me until those kids in their teens. My fear is that all of these chemicals are residual in everyone's tissues. This plus lifestyle changes and poor nutrition habits seem to bode poorly for American health and longevity. As I said, this is just a guess and has no data to support it.