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Indecent Exposure

Hazardous chemicals are everywhere. In our homes, our schools, in the air we breathe and the food we eat. We are exposed to a cocktail of hazardous man-made chemicals every day of our lives.

Are you being indecently exposed?

Indecent exposure

As a result of poor regulations in the chemicals industry, we are all being exposed to a cocktail of man-made chemicals without a full understanding of their effects. There is increasing evidence to suggest links between some man-made chemicals and certain types of cancers; birth defects; neurological problems and low sperm counts.

Studies have found as many as 300 hundred hazardous man-made chemicals inside our bodies. Research has even found hazardous man-made chemicals can be passed on to our children during pregnancy and via breast milk. Find out more

Our questionnaire

We have created a lifestyle questionnaire to estimate your exposure to specific groups of man-made chemicals, such as PCBs, phthalates and brominated flame retardants. All questions are based on published scientific research on human exposure routes to chemicals. However, this questionnaire cannot determine what chemicals are actually in your body and at what levels. Read more about our questionnaire before you find out how exposed you could be?