 Designing Water Consequences (2008) : womb filter Perhaps the most disturbing finding is that we are each becoming individual pollutants. Our own human excretes are found to contain chemicals we ingest in our daily life. It has also been discovered that these chemicals can go through a mother’s womb to affect her child. The customary belief of the womb as a source of warmth and protection is becoming challenged. One study found 287 industrial chemicals in umbilical cord samples from 10 babies. Environmental factors are suggested to contribute to at least 28 percent of childhood developmental disabilities. Fetus exposure can result in increase risks of adult diseases, infertility and gender disruption. The effects not only affect the immediate generation but also pass through to future generations. What will happen when we need to control individually each and every one of us? To what extent will we allow ourselves to be controlled? Inserted into the umbilical cord, this filter device to filters out unwanted chemicals from the bloodstream of the mother to the baby. |
