OTTAWA — Montrealer Viviane Maraghi has always considered herself pretty good when it comes to avoiding pollution. She works with an environmental group and makes an effort to buy organic and biological food whenever possible. Her son Aladin Bonin, 10, has been raised on organic food ever since he was a baby. So it came as even more of a shock for Maraghi to learn that not only did she and her son test positive for dozens of toxic chemicals in their blood but, in the case of several chemicals, Aladin’s level was even higher than hers. In fact, Maraghi and her son’s results were the highest among a half dozen families tested across in the country. ‘I was staggered,’ said the Plateau Mont Royal resident. The comments came after the group Environmental Defence released a new study Thursday revealing that children as young as 10 are showing signs of contamination by toxic chemicals. While some, like insecticides, are in the environment, others are found in such innocuous everyday items as non-stick pans, computers and mattresses or furniture treated with stain repellent chemicals. Among the five families tested, on average parents tested positive for 32 […]