Toxin time bomb shows up in tests on Welsh; Chemicals found in blood can be passed on, warns WWF.(News) From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: November 25, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

HIGHLY toxic chemicals are being found in Welsh people decades after being banned - and they are being passed from mothers to children, research out today has discovered.

Toxins found in blood samples of volunteers tested in Wales included the farming insecticide DDT, banned in the 1970s.

The UK-wide biomonitoring survey by the World Wildlife Fund highlights the threat to humans from dangerous chemicals such as poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), used until the...

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