Pollution from toxic chemicals threatens life on this planet. Ecosystems and wildlife everywhere--whales, alligators, panthers, migratory birds and many other species --have been seriously affected, and there is growing evidence of harm to humans as well, http://www.worldwildlife.org/frame_toxics.htm. We have invented in this century some very deadly chemicals that are being used all around the world in businesses and in homes to do things as simple as clean the bathroom.

Our Homes and chemicals

American homes contain many dangerous poisonous chemicals that have an impact on our environment. Homeowners use 10 times more toxic pesticides per acre than farmers use--even a 10% reduction by homeowners would remove up to 5 million pounds of toxic chemicals from the environment every year. This amazing amount of chemicals used by us goes right back into the earth after it is used. This can eventually lead to problems with water, farming grounds, and wildlife. In the end, one way or another, we are affected by this problem and yet some of us still continue to dump our chemical waste and garbage all over.

Polluted waters

Industries reported discharging nearly one billion pounds of toxic chemicals into America's waterways between 1992 and 1996, http://www.dakotacg.com/releases/pa/sep98/pir0915a.htm. Many of the chemicals being discharged into our rivers and streams are known to cause cancer, birth defects, reproductive disorders and other serious health effects.

We have polluted and toxic chemicals in many rivers, the ten most of these were the Mississippi River, Ohio River, Brazos River, Connoquenessing Creek, Pacific Ocean, Houston Ship Channel, Savannah River, Tennessee River, Rock River, and Delaware River. But more toxic chemicals were dumped into the Mississippi River than all other U.S. waters combined.

Injuries and ailments caused by toxic chemicals

Injuries caused by exposure to toxic chemicals are quite varied. http://toxictorts.com/tox-inj.htm However, lung disease, blood disease, and cancer are among the most serious toxic injuries. Toxic injuries can be acute or chronic, depending on the toxin's properties and the nature and extent of exposure.

Chemicals can enter the human body in a number of ways. Chemicals can be inhaled, absorbed through the skin or eyes, can be ingested, and can be injected into the human body.

Exposure to a large number of chemicals can cause various types of cancer. For example, asbestos exposure causes lung cancer and mesothelioma, exposure to vinyl chloride causes angiosarcoma of the liver, and exposure to benzene causes leukemia and other cancers.

Many toxic injuries result from the inhalation of toxic chemicals. The respiratory system is especially at risk of toxic injury, because it is fragile and is the only internal organ system that is directly exposed to the environment. Examples of respiratory toxic injuries include reactive airway disease, bronchitis, chemical pneumonia, and pulmonary fibrosis.

Solvents and other toxic chemicals can cause a variety of other toxic injuries, including neurotoxic, immunotoxic, genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic injuries (these are birth defects).

There are lots of problems with toxic chemicals and only some of them can be solved right away, like the solutions you clean your house with. Some can't be solved right away, like toxic chemical spills, either way we should try to do all for problem as possible because if we don't people and animals will have problems.