The EWG’s Dirty Dozen list is a great help for holiday food shopping.
…this list is my goto reminder of what foods should be bought organic as well as what foods are ok to do as conventional…
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It turns out that some BPA substitutes, in this case BPS, are similar in how they harm the body.
...They then exposed them to different concentrations of BPS over a 14 day period. As a control other preadipocytes were exposed to dexamethasone as it has a known rate of fat cell formation. What was seen is that even the smallest amount of BPS increased the accumulation of lipids...
Even if you stop using Teflon frying pans, or similar coated products, this chemical will not be going away, or out of your system, any time soon.
...How are we all exposed to this chemical? Part of it has to do with waste disposable of the chemical. For years DuPont was putting the waste into barrels then dumping the barrels into the oceans...
We should demand more of product labeling in general.
...Do you remember, back in the day, when your mom would put leftover spaghetti into a Tupperware container, and how that container was always a shade of pink/yellow from there on out. Well the spaghetti and plastic were interacting with each other...
Sunscreen time, however they're not all the same. Read on.
...As with all cosmetics, sunscreens do have expiration dates. Please check to make sure that your sunscreen is still good from last year before you just start applying it. Our skin is the largest organ of the body, and it breaths in, communicates with, and absorbs whatever we put on it...
There is a reason why you should eat wild fish, and price has absolutely nothing to do with it.
...Farmed fish are grey in color due to their GMO grain, and dead animal part diet. They are dyed pink to compensate...
E-cigarettes are much easier for minors to acquire than you might otherwise believe.
...According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), it is estimated that 16 million American children can legally purchase e-cigarettes...
The EWG Has A New Type Of Dirty Dozen List
The Environmental Workers Group has come up with their dirty dozen list of endocrine disruptors. These chemicals will either increase or decrease production of the hormones...
The importance of water is known. However, we often overlook it for something that has a bit more flavor.
Every year the Environmental Workers Group puts out their list of safe sunscreens.