“Toxic Brew,” is a series of articles, each outlining a different chemical or substance that is adding to environmental degradation in one manner or another.

The title says it all, and the point here is that not only are we putting many drugs and chemicals into our water and soil, but we often have little way of knowing what the result of the mixture, the toxic brew, of these substances will be, as well as to what long-term exposure, even in trace amounts, might lead.

Most will be from everyday household products and others will be industrial.  We will tell you what they are, where they come from, how they are harmful, which products to avoid, and alternatives to these products.