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Robert Bateman


Fri, 10/05/2007 - 14:49 — zlu

48 of 88 chemicals were detected in Robert, including 32 cancer-causing chemicals.

 

Age: 75
Sex: Male
Occupation: Artist and naturalist
Place of residence: Saltspring Island , BC ; spent 55 years in southern Ontario
Exposure to chemicals on the job: Exposure to various chemicals through oil paints, acrylics, and printmaking, as well as exposure to asbestos as a teacher in the 1960s and to arsenic in museum work in the 1950s and 60s
Height: 5'10" Weight: 160 lb, stable
Diet: Omnivore
Proportion of diet that is organic: 80%
Hours spent in front of computer/day: 0
Purchase of products likely to contain brominated flame retardants: 7 years ago
Visited malarial area: Yes, yearly since 1953
Use of air fresheners: None
Pesticide use: Occasional use of wasp nest spray
Consumption of cigarettes: None

"Participating in this testing program was very important to me.  Not only am I curious about my own chemical contamination, but is even more vital that the public as a whole pays attention.  In learning about my own situation, I would hope to be able to take steps to improve things or at least change my ways to limit further insults to my physiology.  Far more urgent, however, is the necessity to have a groundswell of public opinion which should give government more backbone to stand up to industry lobbies and pass strong protective legislation and ensure generous budgets to police the polluters."--Robert Bateman

Number of chemicals detected in Robert that are linked to a listed chemical health effect, and the study average

 Chemicals' Effect on Health

Number of Chemicals Detected that are Linked to a Listed Health Effect  

In Robert

Average in Study Volunteers

Carcinogen

32

28

Hormone disruptor

19

18

Respiratory toxicant

16

15

Reproductive/
developmental toxicant

42

38

Number and concentration of chemicals detected in Robert, and median chemical concentration in study volunteers

Chemical Group

Robert's Results

Median Concentration in Study Volunteers

Number of Compounds Detected

Median Concentration

Concentration Range

Heavy metals (umol/L in whole blood): Beryllium, copper, lithium, lead, zinc, selenium

5 of 6

2.5

< 0.05 to 120

2.7

Heavy metals (nmol/L in whole blood): Arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silver, tellurium, tin, thallium, uranium, mercury

12 of 13

5.5

< 10 to 190

7

PBDEs (ug/L in plasma)

2 of 5

< 0.02

< 0.01 to 0.031

0.011

PCBs (ug/L in plasma)

12 of 16

0.042

< 0.01 to 2.3

0.018

PFOS (ug/L in plasma)

1 of 1

6.9

n/a

10

Organochlorine pesticides (ug/L in plasma)

10 of 13

0.015

< 0.005 to 2.5

0.0098

Organophosphate insecticide metabolites (ug/g cre in urine)

5 of 6

1.2

< 0.67 to 5.3

1.9

VOCs (ng/mL in whole blood)

1 of 28

< 0.5

< 0.5 to trace

< 0.5

Total number of chemicals found in Robert: 48 of 88

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