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I have been chronically exposed to chemicals, am I going to die young?


Let's see, the list of chemicals I have been exposed too since childhood:

Bisphenol A-from drinking purified water from the water store, since I was 8 and until now stop drinking from them(I'm 19 now).

Parabens -from sunscreen, hair products, and makeup, I have been using more cosmetics since I started having chronic acne at age 12.

PVC-from white vinyl erasers that I like to tear apart and may have inhaled, computer equipment such as my keyboards and mice that erode over time, and growing up in apartments with PVC flooring, oh and plugging and re-plugging things on electronics and small appliances.

Polystyrene-from those precooked chickens at the grocery store, and foam take out containers like from Panda Express and I've saved leftovers in those.

So, anyone else going to die or get cancer soon from chronic childhood/adolescent/ lifetime exposure of these?

That's what those environmental sites like National Geographic's Green Guide tell me.

Everything we people do exposes us to some degree of harm. Just sitting in traffic exposes you to chemicals that cause lung cancer. I think that you are paranoid and if you are concerned you are going to die early just try to live life to it's fullest.

it increases your risk but its nothing compared to smoking

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