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Most obstetricians do not warn their pregnant patients about toxins like pesticides in food, like phthalates or endocrine disruptors in consumer products, or like heavy metals in the environment that could harm their unborn child.
A great resource on toxins that harm the neurodevelopment of fetuses, babies and children is the Mount Sinai Children’s Environmental Health Center. Read more…
SOURCE: Environmental Health News
Flame retardants are endocrine disruptors found in almost all new furniture. They are linked to autism, ADHD, developmental delays, hypothyroidism and more. Dust tainted by the couches and other household items is “a major route of exposure to people.” Read more…
SOURCE: Environmental Health News
Chlorine in tap and pool water has been linked to a rising number of people with food allergies. Chlorine is an endocrine disruptor that also kills good gut flora. Read more…
SOURCE: Daily Mail
A new study strengthens the tie between breast cancer and toxic exposures to plastics and carcinogens in the workplace.
Specific industrial sectors with elevated risk included: agriculture, bars-gambling, automotive plastics manufacturing, food canning, and metalworking.
Premenopausal breast cancer risk was highest for automotive plastics and food canning. Read more…
SOURCE: Environmental Health Journal
It’s common these days for girls to enter puberty before discovering “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”.
“Over the second half of the 20th century, the average age for girls to begin breast development has dropped by a year or more in the industrialized world.
And the age of first menstruation, generally around 12, has advanced by a matter of months. Hispanic and black girls may be experiencing an age shift much more pronounced.” Read more…
SOURCE: ScienceNews
Triclosan in cosmetics and personal care products can increase allergy risk.
“The study found that triclosan levels measured in urine were associated with elevated levels of Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and rhinitis (blocked nose/hay fever) in 10 year-olds.” Read more…
SOURCE: Science Daily
Brominated flame retardants are neurotoxic and are linked to neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, ADHD and SPD.
“This study is one of few studies and so far the largest one investigating the neurobehavioral effects of brominated flame retardants in humans.
Consistently with experimental animal data, PBDE (flame retardant) exposure was associated with changes in the motor function and the serum levels of the thyroid hormones.” Read more…
SOURCE: Environmental Health Journal
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