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Choosing Our Future for a Healthier Life, Consume Chemicals in Moderation! Choosing our future For a healthier life, consume chemicals in moderation! I “Choosing our future” campaign Toxic chemicals in plastic bottles, sunscreens, non-stick pans and garden pest sprays may be harming our ability to stay healthy, produce children and shortening our lives, as well as affecting the health of future generations. The need for citizens to find out what they can do to protect their health, and which policy changes need to happen, is as pressing now as ever. This is why the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and Générations Futures (GF) have developed a new and updated version of this comic book. LEARN MORE ABOUT THe “CHOOSING OUR FUTURE” CAMPAIGN AT www.env-health.org/choosingourfuture In 2008, HEAL and Générations Futures (GF) launched the first edition of this comic book. The idea was to create a bit of fun around the somewhat disturbing issue of how our environment – and especially chemicals and pesticides – affect our health. “Choosing our Future” became an enormous success. In only a couple of months the comic book was downloaded more than 10,000 times, and many people shared the cartoons on their website, their blog and various other social media websites. The success was a clear sign for HEAL and GF that there is a continuous demand for information on the hazardous effects of chemicals and pesticides. Comic strips in this publication were created by David Ratte, author of “Toxic Planet” series, Paquet publishers. In addition to this comic book, HEAL also developed a new webpage where you can find background information, other publications and different language versions of the comic book. www.env-health.org/choosingourfuture The publication is part of a joint campaign between Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and Générations Futures (GF). Publication director: Génon K. Jensen, Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) Coordinating editor: Diana G. Smith, HEAL Review team: Lisette van Vliet, Anne Stauffer, Christina Reinards and Wim van Delft of HEAL; François Veillerette and Nadine Lauverjat of Générations Futures. Research: Edith Verhoestraete Contributors: Philippe Irigaray and Marie Laure Sanghare of ARTAC, France; Helen Lynn of Women’s Environmental Network/ Wildcard Research and Communications, UK; Professor Peter J Helms, Head of the Academic Department of Child Health, University of Aberdeen, UK; Hanns Moshammer of ISDE, Austria; Anne O’Donnell of the Ministry of Health, Ireland and Jurek Vengels of BUND (Friend of the Earth, Germany). Design: www.beelzepub.com Printed on 100% recycled, chlorine-free paper using vegetable based ink Publication date: Reprint March 2012 (first printed December 2008) Choosing your future starts here! Chemical exposure hurts our health Génon K. Jensen Francois Veillerette The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and Généra- tions Futures (GF) are worried that the synthetic chemicals to which we are exposed in our everyday environments are What should happen now? harming our health. Current regulatory mechanisms are HEAL and GF believe that the next big step in the chemicals simply failing to protect us – and as a consequence suspect and pesticides clean up is to effectively regulate the so-called chemical residues are constantly circulating in our bodies endocrine (or hormone) disrupting chemicals, sometimes because our system is continually exposed to them. known as “gender benders” but which are also implicated in cancers and other chronic diseases. You can help in this More and more scientific evidence is linking chemicals to effort by reading “Choosing our Future” and making yourself growing rates of certain chronic diseases, such as breast more aware of the facts. You could also join HEAL and work cancer, diabetes and obesity, and to declining fertility in with GF thus becoming part of action on environment young men, sometimes even when exposure is at very low and health in Europe. Our aim is to see policy change that doses. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has used ultimately produces a fall in the number of breast, testicular this information to successfully advocate for stronger regula- and prostate cancers, fewer cases of Parkinson’s disease, and tion at the European level, where much of the environmental fewer couples finding it difficult to conceive. legislation is now made. The facts about chemicals and health are summarized in publications listed in the Resources This book gives all of us the chance to make it happen. “Isn’t (pages 25-28), which also describe how we can help protect that choosing a better future?” ourselves. Working in France, Générations Futures has made huge strides. In early 2012, the French Senate announced a commis- sion of enquiry to investigate the relationship between pesticides and health. This important step may have been motivated by a courageous and energetic network of farmers suffering from cancers, Parkinson’s disease and other chronic ailments associated with their exposure to pesticides. The Génon K. Jensen Francois Veillerette “Phyto-victimes” are not only supporting and helping each Executive Director, Spokesperson, other, they have also captured the sympathy and support of Health and Environment Générations Futures many in France putting pressure on politicians. Alliance (HEAL) (GF) 1 About this comic strip We hope you will enjoy these four comic stories by the successful French “bande dessinée” artist, David Ratte*. The likable characters and witty narratives make the links between exposure to chemicals in everyday life, the consequences for our future health, and the possibilities open to us to choose a better future. Once you have read the comic strips, you can learn even more by turning to the back where we explain the facts “Behind the dialogue”. Additionally, there is a glossary to look up different terms. We have also included a resources section so you can discover even more informa- tion on various aspects and issues regarding links between chemical and pesticide exposure and the effects on our health and the environment. These publications are written to be easily accessible and therefore suitable to a wide audience. The information provided by these comic strips and texts is not exhaustive although we have made every attempt to ensure its accuracy. The “Choosing our Future” campaign information is accessible on www.env-health.org/choosingourfuture, www.generations-futures.fr and www.chemicalshealthmonitor.org * David Ratte is especially well known as author of the Toxic Planet series: funny tales from a world so polluted that everyone is forced to wear gas masks! French “bande dessinée” artist, David Ratte together with HEAL executive director Genon K. Jensen and Diana G. Smith, HEAL’s communications adviser at the launch of the first edition of the comic book. 2 Green pastures? How are chemicals harming our health No matter how old we are, where we live, or what we do, none of us can escape exposure to man-made chemicals in our everyday lives that threaten our health. We are exposed through food and water, through cosmetics that we rub into our skin and through the fumes from cleaning products and polluted city air. The unborn child and children are most at risk because they have fewer defences and longer periods of life ahead of them in which cancer and other health problems may emerge. 3 4 5 6 Superman and the Martians Life on earth means exposure to chemicals and living in a chemical soup Several man-made chemicals are building up in our body that haven’t been properly tested for health effects and shouldn´t be there. No one knows precisely what the long-term effects of having these chemicals in our blood will be for us, for our children and for future generations. Traces of chemicals that were banned many years ago are still found in our blood. 7 8 9 10 Unforgettable Cinderella Beware of certain cocktails! We are exposed to a daily “cocktail” of different man-made chemicals, which may be more potent than just one chemical on its own. Despite this daily multiple exposure, we have insufficient scientific information about the safety and impact of these chemicals on our health. But absence of proof of harm doesn´t mean that they are safe to use! We have the right to know that products are safe and which chemicals are used in them. 11 12 13 14 Hi uncle! Still a bit crazy? Switching to a healthier lifestyle also means asking governments for better protection from harmful chemicals Since we are uncertain about the safety of some chemicals, we should act with precaution. Safer alternatives to harmful chemicals exist. Ask your government! Apart from changing our lifestyle as individuals, governments should help to protect us from harmful chemicals. 15 16 17 18 Behind the dialogue Provided here is some information on the topics as they arise in the cartoon stories. It is followed by a glossary, which explains various words and terms that you may not be familiar with. After that, we provide a list of resources for you to learn about different aspects of chemicals and health in greater depth. All links provided in this publication can be found on the HEAL website at: www.env-health.org/choosingourfuture. Green pastures? (pages 3-6) Box 4: Box 9: Pregnancy – Certain man-made chemicals are accumu- Bisphenol A – BPA is a man-made chemical found in lating in human beings. These hazardous chemicals can be polycarbonate plastic (PC). It is produced in high volumes passed on from a pregnant mother to a baby in the womb. and used in every day products, such as baby bottles or the Even at very low doses, these chemicals may harm unborn lining of food cans. BPA can leach from the tin or bottle into babies and affect their future development and intelligence. the food.
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