New York City’s air quality fails federal health standards. Type your address to find out if your building is polluting the air with its dirty heating oil. Heating oil pollutes 50% more of our air than cars and trucks in the city. Only you can make a difference.

Burning dirty heating oil (#4 and #6 oil) emits high levels of
fine sooty particle pollution and nickel (a heavy metal),
which are both harmful to our health. #6 oil spews out 18
times more soot pollution than either #2 heating oil or natural
gas. New York City’s nickel levels are nine times higher than
those found in other U.S. cities.

Bromides are a common endocrine disruptor. Because bromide is also a halide, it competes for the same receptors that are used in the thyroid gland (among other places) to capture iodine. This will inhibit thyroid hormone production resulting in a low thyroid state.

Iodine is essential for your body, and is detected in every organ and tissue. There is increasing evidence that low iodine is related to numerous diseases, including cancer. Various clinicians and researchers have found iodine effective with everything from goiter to constipation.

Bromide can be found in several forms. Methyl Bromide is a pesticide used mainly on strawberries, found predominantly in the California areas. Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) is added to citrus drinks to help suspend the flavoring in the liquid.

Potassium Bromate is a dough conditioner found in commercial bakery products and some flours.