Study Says BPA is Causing Severe Hormone Imbalances in 80% of Teens
John Vibes – According to new research, four out of five teenagers in the UK are having their hormones disrupted by chemicals found in plastics.
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How to Avoid Exposure to Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
Dr. Mercola – The evidence of harm is getting stronger. Are you protecting yourself and your family.
BPA Free May Not Mean Safe – Researchers Link Alternatives to Bisphenols to Reproductive Abnormalities
Anna Hunt – What are the safe alternatives?
Why Touching Receipts Can Harm Your Health
Sayer Ji – Exposure to thermal printer receipts is one of the primary routes through which our bodies become contaminated with the toxic synthetic chemical known as bisphenol A (BPA).
Our Deadly, Daily Chemical Cocktail
Kristin Wartman – With the abundance of toxic chemicals present in a variety of packaged and processed foods, the FDA should reconsider its antiquated policies.
BPA-lined Containers Hike Blood Pressure – Immediately
Case Adams – A recent study finds drinking from containers lined with BPA can immediately raise ones blood pressure. Did you notice the word ‘immediately’?
BPA Cuts Fertility in Fish Three Generations Later
Jeff SossamonThe offspring of fish exposed to BPA have decreased fertility and increased embryo mortality for three generations. A new study suggests that exposed humans and their children could be affected in the same way.
The Surprising Toxicity of Fast Food Packaging
Dr. Mercola – Many toxic chemicals are in fast food packaging, and here’s what you need to know about how to protect yourself from them…
Consuming Canned Foods Increases Toxic Exposure 1000 Fold
April McCarthy, Prevent Disease Waking Times Consuming a daily serving of canned food products has a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh food daily. The study is one of the first to quantify BPA levels in humans after ingestion of canned foods. The …
7 Ways Probiotics Detoxify Your Body
Sayer Ji, GreenMedInfo Waking Times You’ve probably heard the buzz already about the many health benefits of probiotics, a word which literally translates to: pro- “for” + biotics “life” — FOR LIFE. But did you know that these remarkable commensal microorganisms, which outnumber our bodily cells 10 to 1, and contribute over 95% of our …
10 Things to Know About BPA
Dr. Edward Group, Guest Waking Times There are 10 things about BPA each one of us should know to help us protect our most important resource—our children—from a number of horrible health conditions we would never wish on our worst enemies. These facts include information on health conditions caused by this substance along with practical …
BPA-Free Plastic Bottles Still Toxic to Infants and Toddlers
John Deike, EcoWatch Waking Times Michael Green, an environmental health executive and father of a feisty toddler named Juliette, worked to rid his cabinets of baby bottles and plastic cups containing the additive bisphenol A (BPA), which mimics estrogen and has been linked to serious health problems like cancer, diabetes,miscarriages and obesity. According to recent research, some …
The Longterm Health Impact of Toxic Food Packaging
Heather Callaghan, Contributor Waking Times There once was a guy who wrote a book about his journey out of crippling brain fog. He warned that to get out of it he and others needed to use extreme caution about what they brought into the house. With gloves, anything he purchased was unwrapped and placed into …
BPA Harms At Much Lower Levels Than Previously Thought
Heather Callaghan, Guest Waking Times Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical found in most plastics, cans, and other types of food and drink packaging as well as money, receipts and newer kinds of dental resins. It is a known endocrine disruptor that hijacks normal hormone function – it is often called a gender-bending substance for its estrogen-inducing effects on …
How Our Most “Useful” Invention Is Poisoning Us Every Day
Joshua Corn, Guest Waking Times The great American novelist Normal Mailer once said, “I sometimes think that there is a malign force loose in the universe that is the social equivalent of cancer, and it’s plastic. It infiltrates everything. It’s metastasis. It gets into every single pore of productive life.” You would think this was a recent quote, …
Corporations Replace BPA with More DNA-Damaging Bisphenols
Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times Just when you thought it was safe to buy “BPA-free” products, manufacturers flood the marketplace with an alphabet soup of toxic bisphenols. Consumer beware. New research published in the journal Chemosphere confirms that the hormone-disrupting chemical known as bisphenol A (BPA) is not the only bisphenol with DNA-damaging effects. In fact, the …
Infant BPA Exposure from Breast Milk Now Widespread
Case Adams, Naturopath, Green Med Info Waking Times Researchers from the Republic of Korea’s Sookmyung Women’s University College of Pharmacy have confirmed that a majority of infants are now being exposed to Bisphenol A (BPA) – a well-known endocrine disrupter – through their breast milk. The researchers tested 325 mothers and infants from mostly middle class families …
The Convenience of Plastic Is Killing Our Oceans
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times About 300 million tons of plastic are produced each year. In the US alone, about 30+ million tons of plastic waste is dumped into the solid waste system, including various plastic containers, bags and other types of packaging, with only about 10% being recycled. Plastic, which was once regarded …
Manufacturers Replace BPA with Still Highly Toxic BPS
Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times As we reported on back in June of last year, in an exposé titled, Consumer Alert: BPA-Free Goods Still Contain Toxin Bisphenol, the petrochemical bisphenol A (BPA), a ubiquitous ingredient in thousands of consumer products and which has been linked to a wide range of serious adverse health effects,[i] has …
9 Concepts Kids Should Learn About Health That They’ll Never Learn In School
Marco Torres, Prevent Disease Waking Times When it comes to health, children today are guided by an illusion of reality. Teachers in the educational system have only the best of intentions, but unfortunately even they are led by a curriculum so distorted from our natural world, that it is nearly impossible for children to learn …