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Literally anywhere, from pesticide residues on food to the environmental poisons in our air and water, and the high-sugar, preserved and processed fast foods in our diet. The landmark 1989 Kellogg Report stated that there are now over 1,000 newly-synthesized compounds introduced each year, which amounts to around 20 new chemicals a week. But many of these chemicals are not ordinary chemicals. They are petrochemicals, found in pesticides, plastics, household cleaners, car exhausts and even makeup. Petrochemicals are known as xenobiotics or xenoestrogens.