Toxins in Women of Childbearing Age
A recent study published in the journal Environmental Perspectives found that over half the women of childbearing age have higher levels of two out of three major pollutants: lead, mercury,…
Environmental Toxins Possible Cause of Top Five Children’s Disabilities
For the first time since the US government has been collecting data on it, the top five disabilities affecting US children are no longer physical problems, but rather, mental problems,…
Environmental Estrogens Affect Women’s Health
Environmental estrogens are those chemicals that mimic estrogen in the body when ingested from outside sources. Chemicals that mimic estrogen—and there are many—are known as endocrine disrupting chemicals because they…
Toxins and Metabolic Syndrome
The link between toxins and poor health is not very well understood. We know there is a link, but we are only scratching the surface of knowledge about the harmful…
Top Ten Toxins Linked to Autism and Learning Disabilities
The journal Environmental Health Perspectives recently published an editorial that calls for increased research into the environmental causes of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders. With three percent of all neurobehavioral…
Fish Oils – A Healthy Way to Help Protect your Heart and Cardiovascular System
There have been several epidemiological studies which support the fact that individuals at risk for cardiovascular and heart disease benefit from the consumption of plant omega-3s (alpha linolenic acid—ALA), and…
BPA at Your Kids’ Dentist Office?
I talk about BPA a lot because not a week goes by that I don’t hear about it in the news. It seems that not enough can be said about…
Turns Out Toxins Aren’t Choosy about Where they Live
The other day I read about a recent study that really got me thinking…about toxins. True, I probably think about toxins more than the average person, but this was interesting—especially…
Help Reduce Your Toxic Burden: Tips from the President’s Cancer Panel
Last week I told you about a new report just released by the President’s Cancer Panel—a panel of experts created in 1971 to keep the president informed about the activities…