Glia
10-28-2013, 05:56 PM
They forgot fluorine, fluoride compounds (other than Teflon), and the chemical used to fluoridate community water supplies. Other than that blunder, a good read and handy summary.
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12 Hormone-Altering Chemicals and How to Avoid Them
Monday, October 28, 2013 -- There is no end to the tricks that endocrine disruptors can play on our bodies: increasing production of certain hormones; decreasing production of others; imitating hormones; turning one hormone into another; interfering with hormone signaling; telling cells to die prematurely; competing with essential nutrients; binding to essential hormones; accumulating in organs that produce hormones.
Here are 12 of the worst hormone disrupters, how they do their dirty deeds, and some tips on how to avoid them:
https://www.ewg.org/research/dirty-dozen-list-endocrine-disruptors?inlist=Y&utm_source=201208endocrinedd&utm_medium=email&utm_content=image&utm_campaign=toxics
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12 Hormone-Altering Chemicals and How to Avoid Them
Monday, October 28, 2013 -- There is no end to the tricks that endocrine disruptors can play on our bodies: increasing production of certain hormones; decreasing production of others; imitating hormones; turning one hormone into another; interfering with hormone signaling; telling cells to die prematurely; competing with essential nutrients; binding to essential hormones; accumulating in organs that produce hormones.
Here are 12 of the worst hormone disrupters, how they do their dirty deeds, and some tips on how to avoid them:
https://www.ewg.org/research/dirty-dozen-list-endocrine-disruptors?inlist=Y&utm_source=201208endocrinedd&utm_medium=email&utm_content=image&utm_campaign=toxics