Chemicals
24/08/2010 - Gender-bender chemicals causing early puberty in girls
(NaturalNews) "Endocrine disrupting" chemicals that mimic or interfere with the body's natural sex hormones are partially responsible for early puberty in girls, according to a study conducted by researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
"Research has shown that early pubertal development in girls can have adverse social and medical effects, including cancer and diabetes later in life," researcher Mary Wolff said. "Our research shows a connection between chemicals that girls are exposed to on a daily basis and either delayed or early development."
Read the article on NaturalNews.com
29/07/2010 - Chicken McNuggets Contain Disturbing Additives
In response to reports that the ingredients may pose health risks, McDonald's China claims that additives in its chicken McNuggets are "harmless". They said that the use of tertiary butylhydroquinone meets Chinese food safety standards. However, "the chemical is toxic to some extent," according to Liu Qingchun, a nutritionist at the General Hospital of Armed Police Forces. Read the article on Mercola.com
21/06/2010 - Are You Slowly Killing Your Family with Hidden Dioxane in Your Laundry Detergent?
When most people think of pollution, they think of the outdoors -- garbage-choked streams or industrial waste. But you probably spend a large portion of your time indoors -- as much as 80 to 90 percent of your life. You work, study, eat, drink and sleep in enclosed environments where air circulation may be restricted.
The typical American home contains 3-10 GALLONS of toxic materials -- everything from glass and bathroom cleaners to garden pesticides and fertilizers.
Health effects of ingredients in common household products include:
- Respiratory problems
- Eye irritation
- Cancer
- Disruption of the endocrine system
As a result of cleaners and other toxic household products, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that the air inside the typical home is 2-5 times more polluted than the air immediately outside -- and in extreme cases, 100 times more contaminated.
Read the article on Mercola.com
21/06/2010 - Girls Now Begin Puberty at Age 9
More and more girls are reaching puberty before the age of 10. The phenomenon could be linked to obesity or exposure to chemicals in the food chain. It is putting girls at greater long-term risk of breast cancer.
A study has revealed that breast development now typically starts at an average age of 9 years and 10 months -- an entire year earlier than what a similar study found in 1991.
Read the article on Mercola.com
18/05/2010 - No Silver Lining about BPA in Cans
Today, a report was released revealing new information about the amount of bisphenol-A (BPA) in our food products. Researchers collected 50 food and beverage containers from several states and Ontario, Canada. The cans contained a wide variety of products, and were sent to a laboratory to be tested for BPA levels.
BPA was detected in 92% of the canned food samples, and was not predictable by any reasonable means.
Read the article on Saferstates.com
25/02/2010 - Study: Chemicals Found in Common Plastics may be “Feminizing” to Boys
Lead researchers from a University of Rochester study presented a disturbing study that found that chemicals in many common household plastics may be altering male hormones in the brains of baby boys. This represents more evidence directly linking chemicals in plastics to harmful effects in humans.
Published recently in the International Journal of Andrology, the report is a clear indication of the dangers of a plastic chemical additive, called phthalates. These additives are commonly added to vinyl flooring, PVC shower curtains and many other every-day products.
Read the article on GlobalHealingCenter.com
19/12/2009 - Six Risky Chemicals You're Carrying in your Body
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released its latest assessment of the chemicals people are carrying around in their bodies. The biomonitoring study is the most comprehensive in the world, measuring 212 chemicals in the blood and urine of 8,000 Americans.
The CDC highlighted a few chemicals because they are both widespread -- found in all or most people tested -- and potentially harmful. Here's a look at what they are and how you can try to avoid them:
07/12/2009 - The “clean smell” in your home may be killing you.
Your home and your clothes may have a “clean smell” like lemons or pine. These synthetic fragrances found in laundry and cleaning products including laundry detergents, fabric softeners, dryer sheets as well as in “air fresheners” emit dozens of different chemicals.
A recent study found that a plug-in air freshener emitted 20 different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which included seven compounds regulated as toxic or hazardous under U.S. federal laws yet the label simply lists “fragrance”. Beware of products that list “fragrance” on the label as many terrible chemicals come under this “catch all” word. Most “fragrances” are manufactured from oil and their health effects on humans when inhaled have often never been studied. Read the original article on omachron.com
09/11/2009 - Why Canned Soups Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
The food processing world is reeling right now one day after a shocking new series of tests released by Consumer Reports revealed that many leading brands of canned foods contain Bisphenol A (BPA)—a toxic chemical linked to health risks including reproductive abnormalities, neurological effects, heightened risk of breast and prostate cancers, diabetes, heart disease and other serious health problems. BPA is used in the lining of cans and the toxin leaches from the lining into the food. According to Consumer Reports just a couple of servings of canned food can exceed scientific limits on daily exposure for children. Read the original article on Mercola.com
26/05/2009 - Carcinogens put Johnson & Johnson in hot water
In the aftermath of a report revealing that popular Johnson & Johnson baby care products contain carcinogens, a coalition of environmental, health and consumer groups are demanding the company remove the toxins from their product line.
The chemicals in question are 1,4-dioxane and preservatives that release formaldehyde. A letter was sent to Johnson & Johnson by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and was signed by nearly 50 groups representing about 1.7 million members, from the Environmental Working Group and Friends of the Earth to the American Nurses Association and Physicians for Social Responsibility, according to an Associated Press story.
Read the original article.28/10/2008 - Autism, hyperactivity, deep blues in Children: Heavy metals intoxication
This is an English translation of the article published in French by WordPress : « Autisme, schizophrénie et hyperactivité- Phosphates dans l’alimentation : les enfants poussés au bord de la folie » Mondialisation.ca, 1 fevrier 2008 Word Press.Since twenty years ago, the hyperactivity, schizophrenia and autism cases are dramatically raising in developed countries. Scientists from the entire world are studying this problem. All of them agree in the link between the gluten and casein allergies and toxic metals.
In only ten years the number of autism in USA has been multiplied by three. There’s really an “epidemy” of autism that is expanding to the other side of the Atlantic. In Maryland, for example, the official stats show an increasing of 500% of new cases since 1998.
photo by Kriss Szkurlatowski
