Toxin Nation: The Poisoning of Our Air, Water, Food, and Bodies

by Marie D. Jones

Overview

Should we really trust the government, Big Pharma, agribusinesses, factory farms, or the fossil-fuel industry with our safety?

We live in a world filled with plastics, heavy metals, food preservatives, processed foods, genetically modified organisms, drugs, ointments, medications, electromagnetic frequencies, radiation, treated water and all manner of substances alleged to make our modern lives easier. But are the chemicals we encounter, ingest, and breathe necessarily harmless?

From the millions of premature deaths caused by unchecked environmental pollution and weak government oversight of the safety of our food supply to chemtrails, 5G fears, fluoride in our water supply, and various conspiracy theories, Toxin Nation: The Poisoning of Our Air, Water, Food, and Bodies looks at the truth and the schemes to allow toxins, poisons, and unproven substances to potentially harm our health. It looks at the huge profits that corporations make by selling unsafe products and the corrupting influence of money on politicians, government bureaucrats, others tasked with protecting our safety.

The disturbing—and illuminating—exposé shows how the government and industries affect our health, and how the choices we make and the products we purchase contribute to harming our bodies. Its unmasks …

how unproven substances affect chronic obesity and cancer

how to avoid toxic foods, drinks, and other products

stories of corrupt politicians, corporate CEOs, and regulators trading safety for money

the widespread toxicity of indoor air pollution

the perniciousness of cancer-causing chemicals

the influences of 5G and EMF from cell phones and gadgets upon the human immune system

Big Pharma, agribusiness, and fossil fuel industry gaslighting

secret government tests of toxins on human beings

the harm from pesticides and food additives

research and scientific studies on the effects of chemicals on human physiology

and much more.

Knowledge is power, and the more you know, the safer and healthier you can become. Toxin Nation is eye-opening and informative. Filled with photos and other graphics, this important book is richly illustrated. Its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578597659
Publisher:	Visible Ink Press
Publication date:	11/16/2021
Series:	Treachery & Intrigue
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Marie D. Jones is the author of over twenty nonfiction books on the paranormal, conspiracies, ancient knowledge, unknown mysteries, and cutting-edge science, including Disinformation and You: Identify Propaganda and Manipulation, The Disaster Survival Guide: How to Prepare For and Survive Floods, Fires, Earthquakes and More, Earth Magic: Your Complete Guide to Natural Spells, Potions, Plants, Herbs, Witchcraft, and More, and The New Witch: Your Guide to Modern Witchcraft, Wicca, Spells, Potions, Magic, and More, as well as Mind Wars: A History of Mind Control, Surveillance, and Social Engineering by the Government, Media and Secret Societies. She has been a regular contributor to New Dawn Magazine, FATE, Paranoia Magazine, and other periodicals. Jones has been interviewed on over a thousand radio shows worldwide, including Coast-to-Coast AM, and has appeared on History Channel’s Ancient Aliens. She makes her home in southern California.

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Plastic Poison

To avoid the chemicals and contaminants we are told are in our tap water, we turn to bottled water instead. We assume it’s cleaner and less toxic than whatever is in our tap water. Yet the same EDCs are found in plastics such as plastic water bottles, and leech into the water we drink on a daily basis. The biggest offender again is BPAs, which are used to make the plastic bottles. BPAs mimic estrogen, the female sex hormone, which in turn lowers the sperm count in men. BPAs are also found in the dye used on store sales receipts and parking tickets.

A study by ecotoxicology professor Tamara Galloway of Exeter Universitylooked at the blood and urine of 94 teenagers between the ages of 17 and 19. The study found that 80% of the teens had EDCs in their bodies. Interestingly, when the same teens changed their diets to include more fresh foods and produce, the BPA levels began to fall among those with the highest initial levels. The others were not as affected.

While scientists and researchers put out studies showing the dangers of these chemicals, corporations put out their own research studies showing there are no dangers at all. With BPAs, and all the studies showing they disrupt a basic human system, you have numerous food lobby groups, plastic companies, and industry groups such as the British Plastics Industry and the Food Standard Agency claiming, as they did in regard to the above study, “At current exposure levels, plastics containing BPA pose no consumer health risks.” BPI added, “minute amounts of BPA can transfer from packaging into food ... but independent experts have advised that these levels of exposure are not considered to be harmful.” (FSA).

Who do you think is telling the truth? The researchers who find these chemicals are causing harm to human health yet have no external motivation or industry association or the lobby groups, industry representatives, and “independent experts” hired by the polluters who do? Pro-industry research studies are rampant when it comes to environmental poisoning of our air, water, and bodies, so always follow the source to the money and the money to the source.

The EPA admits tap water is often contaminated with small amounts of minerals, nitrates, microorganism, and toxins that can infiltrate the water system, but adds that bottled water is often just glorified tap water and has the added problem of plastic container chemicals. You might be better off with tap water, depending on the water quality in your area, which you can learn by contacting your local water department. Also keep in mind the testing of bottled water is not mandatory, and you have additional issues associated with what happens at the bottling plant. Bottled water is also more expensive to produce, which means more energy is wasted, and it creates tons of trash that isn’t always recycled and ends up in our landfills and, worse yet, our oceans.

It’s a crapshoot. While the EPA does test tap water, it is often compromised after a major storm or from old pipes, crumbling infrastructure, and ancient delivery systems, despite the signing of the Safe Water Act in 1974 that authorized the EPA to set national standards for our drinking water and protect us from both natural and manmade contaminants. Federal law dictates that when water is not safe to drink, the public is to be informed. That might be the case, but often neighborhoods go without drinkable water for months, even years.

Flint, Michigan Case Study

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, began in April 2014, when the City of Flint replaced its water source from the treated water of the Detroit Water and Sewage Department—which got its water from Lake Huron and the Detroit River and promptly treated it with orthophosphate to coat the pipes and prevent leaching of lead—to the cheaper Flint River, which used decades-old pipes. During the switch, those in charge did not apply corrosion inhibitors, and the aged pipes leaked lead into the water supply, causing a yellow-brown water to come from the faucets of residents’ homes that not only tasted bad but smelled bad. The levels of lead were high, exposing over 100,000 people who lived in the area to the neurotoxin and forcing Governor Rick Snyder to declare a state of emergency.

President Barack Obama stepped in by announcing a federal state of emergency, allowing FEMA to assist in the situation, but by then over 12,000 children had already been exposed to the lead. Lead was only one problem. The water source change also led to an outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease and killed 12 people. As of the end of 2019, there were still thousands of people without clean drinking water, and replacing the 2,500 plus lead service lines wouldn’t even be complete until at least 2021.

Lead is considered a “forever chemical” that, once in the body, stays there for the rest of your life. Forever chemicals are linked to cancer and other diseases, and, due to aging pipelines, Michigan is considered one of the most polluted states when it comes to water supply. Flint is also dealing with the issue of corporations, such as Nestlé, which struck a deal with the city in 2018 to pump water at the rate of 250 to 400 gallons per minute, taking all the clean water for their needs while leaving residents with the choice of paying for expensive bottled water or taking their chances with what comes out of their taps. Luckily, legal action on behalf of the citizens forces the state’s second highest court sided with citizens and found Nestlé’s bottling operation was not an essential public service. To this day, however, Nestlé continues to push forward with opening its bottling operation in the small town of Osceola.

Tap water is also treated with chlorination and may have a higher mineral content, so it’s important to know what is in your local water, especially if you have an immune-compromised system, cancer, heart disease, or are using the water in infant formula. Water departments usually send mailers to residents with water quality reports, or you can request one by phone or on the website. Know what is in your tap water but be aware that bottled water is filled with toxins, too.

Don’t be fooled by commercials promoting mountain springs and natural lakes as water sources. Do your research to find brands that are consistent with their own claims. Most bottled water is filtered tap water but contains a number of contaminants of which you need to be aware. Researchers at the Universityof Iowa’s Hygienic Laboratory conducted comprehensive tests on ten of the leading bottled water brands. They got the water from retailers in nine different states. They found a total of 38 toxic pollutants, and each brand had an average of eight of them. This includes fluoride, caffeine, pharmaceutical drugs, fertilizer residue, plasticizers, solvents, fuel propellants, radioactive isotopes, and arsenic, among others. Four of the brands tested proved positive for bacterial agents.

Sadly, over a third of the above chemicals are not regulated by the bottled water industry, which follows voluntary standards, if any. One of the study’s authors concluded: “In other words, this bottled water was chemically indistinguishable from tap water.” The study author pointed to the media campaigns that make this bottled water appear to come from natural glaciers and mountain springs. One brand of water was applied in a study at the Universityof Missouri to breast cancer cells and resulted in a 78% increase in cancer cell proliferation rates when compared to untreated cells! This is the result of estrogen-mimicking contaminants that are either in the water from pharmaceuticals and birth control pills, or from the leeching of the plastic bottles, or both.

According to the Environmental Working Group in the October 13, 2008, article “Harmful Chemicals Found in Bottled Water,” the purity of most bottled waters cannot be trusted. Over the last ten years, strides have been made by bottled water companies to try to clean up their act, but even the most recent studies show continued inclusion of contaminants and plastic particles. The EWG writes, “Unlike tap water, where consumers are provided with test results every year, the bottled water industry does not disclose the results of any contaminant testing that it conducts.” The industry claims their water is as safe as, if not safer than, tap water, but until all the studies they conduct are transparent to the public so that we can not only see the results but can compare them with independent non-industry studies, it really comes down to the consumer doing a bit of legwork to find the best bottled water source.

Microplastics

Microplastics are particles of plastic found in bottled water. So, in addition to chemicals, be aware of the tiny little particles of plastic you may be consuming on a regular basis. In the largest study of its kind, 250 bottles collected from nine different countries were examined by a journalism group called Orb Media. They found an average of 10 plastic particles per liter. These particles are larger than the width of one human hair. Sherri Mason of State Universityof New York in Fredonia conducted the mass study. A professor of chemistry, she analyzed the brands and found plastic in “bottle after bottle, brand after brand.” Though she claimed there were minimal, if any, studies showing the harm of ingesting microplastics, she claims the results were concerning, nonetheless. Obviously, new studies looking at BPAs refute that claim. Plastic leeched into water and consumed by humans is harmful. We know that now.

The water brands in the study included Aquafina, Dasani, Evian, Nestlé Pure Life, San Pellegrino, Aqua, Bisleri, Epura, Gerolsteiner, Minalba, and Wahaha.

Another large study commissioned by the Story of Stuff Project looked at 19 different bottle water brands. Among them were Aquafina, Arrowhead, Boxed Water, Crystal Geyser, Dasani, Deer Park, Eternal Water, Evian, Fiji, Glaceau Smart, Ice Mountain, Icelandic Glacial, Ozarka, Penta, Poland Spring, Texas Spring Water, Trader Joe’s Mountain Spring, True Zealand, and Zephyrhills. Abigail Barrows of Ocean Analytics headed the study, that sampled each brand under a microscope for microplastic contamination.

The most highly contaminated brands (respectively) she found were Boxed Water, Fiji, Ozarka, Evian, Icelandic Glacial, and Crystal Geyser. Barrows concluded the study by stating, “People are directly ingesting plastic particles when drinking most types of bottled water.”

The WHO’s Jennifer De France told reporters in 2018, according to Business Insider, that “while we think that the risk to human health is low, this is based on limited evidence and we recognize there is a need for more research.” Just because data as of the large Orb study didn’t point to human health issues from consuming microplastics does not mean they are not doing harm. Bruce Gordon of WHO told the same reporters that consumers shouldn’t worry, but he suggested that concerned citizens should focus on drinking tap water to “reduce pollution.”

By the way, the majority of plastic particles in bottled water are polypropylene from the cap and polyester and polyethylene terephthalate from the bottles themselves. Do you want to consume any quantities of these chemicals? If not, check into the safety of your tap water or buy a high-quality water filter, preferably a carbon filter or a more expensive reverse osmosis filter system if you live in an area known for its less than stellar tap water, and drink your tap water with even less concern for toxins getting into your system. Whatever you do, follow the source to the money and the money to the source when considering studies and who or what entity is behind them.

On a side note, one of the main culprits for how these microplastics work their way into bottled water outside of the plastic bottles themselves comes from, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the washing of synthetic clothing that is discharged via washing machine waste. There are studies showing that this type of synthetic clothing is found in the bellies of fish and sea life. Even the washing machine is contributing to the pollution of our water sources, and this doesn’t include the chemicals found in detergents and fabric softeners.

Don’t be fooled by gorgeous images of flowing streams or the words “bottled at the source.” Chances are very good that the source in question is a filthy bottling plant that happens to be within a mile of a pretty stream. The source is not a crystal-clear lake or mountain creek. It’s where the product is bottled and labeled, and that can be anywhere.

Reduce Your Exposure

There are many ways to reduce your exposure to BPAs and other chemicals and toxins in plastic products.

Carry and use glass, ceramic, and steel water bottles and fill with filtered tap water.

Avoid canned formula for your baby and reduce canned foods in your home.

Look for baby bottles that say, “BPA Free.”

Do not touch the ink on store sales receipts.

Use glass, porcelain, stainless steel pots and pans, and non-plastic containers to keep food in. Never cook food in a microwave in plastic containers.

Keep plastic water bottles out of the car and away from sun and heat.

Look at plastic products with the number 7 recycling symbol on the bottom. If it does not also have a “PLA” or leaf symbol, it may contain BPAs. Look instead for plastics with recycling numbers 2,4, and 5.

Cut way back on buying bottled water not just for your health but for the health of the planet. Plastic bottles are filling our oceans are destroying marine ecosystems, despite recycling efforts.

Table of Contents

bout the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Conspiracy and Truth in a Toxin Filled World

1. The Air That We Breathe
2. Chemtrails and Geoengineering
3. Weather Warfare
4. Directed Energy Weapons, EM Warfare
5. 5G: Faster, Cheaper...Deadlier?
6. What’s in the Water?
7. Dirty Earth: Toxins in Our Soil
8. GMOs and the Monsanto Monster Machine
9. Toxic Products
10. Big Pharma: Power and the Poison Pill
11. Hidden Agendas and Conspiracies … or Truth of What’s Coming?
12. Conclusion: Killing Ourselves to Live?

Bibliography
Index