Today I was cleaning out my pantry, a job that I usually dread but became the impetus for this blog article. I started wondering about packaging, specifically how my canned food is packaged. I am familiar with the problem of Bisphenol A (BPA) in canned food and try to buy BPA-free cans but I also… Continue reading Getting Toxic Chemicals Out of Your Life: Canned Foods
Toddlers and infants are natural explorers and love to place objects in their mouths, especially when teething. Manufacturers put chemicals in almost all products, sadly children’s toys are no exception. You can research this issue until blue in the face and still uncover toys and chemicals to avoid. After extensively looking into this issue my… Continue reading Getting Toxic Chemicals Out Of Your Life—Children’s Toys
The Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) screens pesticides, chemicals, and environmental contaminants for their potential effect on estrogen, androgen and thyroid hormone systems. The EDSP is mandated to use validated methods for the screening and testing chemicals to identify potential endocrine disruptors, determine adverse effects, dose-response, assess risk and ultimately manage risk under current laws. These methods… Continue reading The Endocrine Disrupting Screening Program and Why We Need It
Our new series entitled Getting Toxic Chemicals Out of Your Life–will highlight everyday which contain toxic chemicals. The idea is to provide readers information on the toxic chemicals and product alternatives that perform just as well but without the toxic substances. This post looks at laundry detergents, they are NOT all equal and many contain… Continue reading Getting Toxic Chemicals Out Of Your Life—Laundry Detergent
We are a pasty pale family. We pack the sunscreen but recently started looking at what exactly is in our sunscreens. According to the Environmental Working Group, active ingredients in sunscreens come in two forms, mineral and chemical filters. Each uses a different mechanism for protecting skin and maintaining stability in sunlight. The most common… Continue reading Know What Is In Your Sunscreen–Avoid Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
A recent article, “San Diego Schools What We Know and Don’t Know” details problems with lead in school drinking water in San Diego, CA school districts and states that “The water supply is not the problem. Plumbing at facilities is.” I recently wrote a postdiscussing San Diego’s testing and reporting methods, focusing on how schools are… Continue reading FACTS And MYTHS: Understanding Building Dates Are Crucial To Addressing Lead In School Drinking Water
Where do you live? Do your children attend a public school in a state that requires testing for lead in drinking water? If the school is testing, how are the results reported? What does the school do with the results? FACT has demonstrated that lead in drinking water is a nationwide problem effecting communities in… Continue reading FACTS And MYTHS: Misinformation On Lead Testing In San Diego Schools
Are you pro-grandchildren? If you are, the proliferation of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) polluting our bodies should be alarming because our ability to reproduce may be at stake. As documented in prior blog posts EDCs disrupt the normal functioning of our endocrine system and lead to a host of maladies from birth defects to cancer. … Continue reading Toxic Chemicals are Stagnating Human Production
The results of lead testing done at 113 D.C. public schools in April, May, and June of 2016 revealed elevated lead levels in drinking water in 64 schools according to the article D.C. Public Schools’ Water for Lead. More Than 60 Had High Levels. The federal action level set by the Environmental Protection Agency is… Continue reading National Problem: Lead Tests Reveal 64 Public Schools In Washington, D.C. Had High Lead Levels In Drinking Water
Nail polish is fun, pretty and completes a look when done well. And we all know that manicures and pedicures are relaxing. But what is in nail polish?!!? It turns out, a lot of harmful chemicals! Many nail polishes contain toluene, formaldehyde, Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), triphenyl phosphate (TPP), and many more harmful chemicals. The chemicals… Continue reading Beware: Toxic Chemicals in Nail Polish
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