Endocrine disruptors

Joyce Hollman

Hidden chemicals in personal care products: What labels miss

You may buy “clean” shampoo, fragrance-free lotion or non-toxic cleaners to limit what comes into your body and your home. But lab testing of everyday products found far more chemicals than their labels revealed. Here’s what that means for making smarter choices.

Dr. Adria Schmedthorst

The chemical exposure behind early onset breast cancer

Health experts are sounding a warning as rates of early-onset breast cancer in women under 50 are growing dramatically. It’s a trend, they say, that cannot be explained by genetics alone, and we know eactly why…

Dr. Adria Schmedthorst

What’s the chemical burden of your personal care routine?

If your personal care routine is like most, with each swipe of deodorant, spritz of perfume or glop of hair product, you’ve layered your body with chemicals deemed hazardous in over 17 categories. Reducing the risks they pose can be easier than your think…

Carolyn Gretton

The night and day difference light makes on your lifespan

Before electricity, people went to bed at dark and rose with the sun. Today, light bombards every part of our lives, but little of it is natural. Depending on your exposure, it could increase or decrease you lifespan by 34%.

Carolyn Gretton

How potent antioxidants protect your hormones against microplastics

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that pervade our environment. Worse, they pervade our bodies, wreaking havoc on hormones, breaching the blood-brain barrier, lodging in blood clots and residing in our organs. Here’s how to fight back…

Carolyn Gretton

Planning a family? Avoid this robber of male fertility

Couples planning a family try to do everything right to increase the odds of conception. But if men are eating certain foods, exposure to an unwanted ingredient could tank their fertility rates and semen quality…