Link: Technology Review: Toxic Man?.
To watch a video of David delivering a talk about his "Toxic Man?" results, click here. *(A transcript is also available.) The talk was given on January 9, 2007, at the California Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.For discussions of the article on NPR's Morning Edition, the Today Show, and other media, go to my website.
Oddly enough, my first blog for Technology Review is about an article I wrote in another magazine. Sorry, TR! But in beginning this cyber tête-à-tête with you, I would like to pick up a dialogue I've been having with readers of an article I wrote in last October's National Geographic titled "The Pollution Within." (A condensed version of the article is below.)
In the article, I reported the results of tests run to see if my body contained any of 320 environmental chemicals that I might have picked up from food, drink, the air I breathe, and the products that touch my skin. This was my own secret stash of compounds acquired merely by living. The list included older chemicals that I might have been exposed to decades ago, such as DDT and PCBs; pollutants like lead, mercury, and dioxins; newer pesticides and plastic ingredients; and the near-miraculous compounds that lurk just beneath the surface of modern life, making shampoos fragrant, pans nonstick, and fabrics water-resistant and fire-safe. Turns out there were 165 pollutants detectable in my blood and urine.
