Synthetic Chemical Exposure Increases NCDs

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Study says children are getting sick and dying from exposure to plastics and chemicals

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A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that a surge in synthetic chemical and plastic production is driving an alarming increase in childhood illnesses.

Childhood cancer rates have climbed by 35 percent , while asthma diagnoses have tripled.

Autism now affects 1 in 36 children, and obesity has quadrupled, and birth defects in boys’ reproductive organs have doubled.

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