Biomonitoring

I was shocked after watching the  CNN YouTube news special on "Body Burdens" of Potentially Toxic Chemicals with  Anderson Cooper. I have never expected that there are so many different harmful exposures and chemicals each of us is affected by on a daily basis. Moreover, the effects of those exposures are detrimental to our health, wellbeing, and lives in general. On the one hand, there are many certain things that we have a no or very little control of. On the other hand, as it was stated in the video, luckily not all those exposures are necessarily harmful. Yet we don't know for sure, and we don't have enough information about many exposures. Thus, it is not possible to say for sure that some of the exposures are malicious or not. For instance, we may think at the moment that something is not deleterious, but at the same time, we may just not know enough. That is scary!

After all, after watching the video, I kept thinking if I wanted to do the body burdens test. I guess I don't. Of course, I am not saying that I do not care about my health or health of my beloved ones.  There are things I can control, and there are many things I can't change. At the particular moment, unfortunately, I don't think I can improve my living situation, housing, or the environment. I feel healthy, and I believe that my emotional and psychological health is essential. Therefore, if I am not capable of making changes, I should better take care of those things I can change and do not worry about things I can't change.