Are We Poisoning Ourselves?

Dr. Bramhall believes we are and wrote a rather interesting article on the subject.

Apart from the political context, she points out that it is the common household products, toiletries, and cosmetics we use every day that are making us sick. Phthalates and BPA are endocrine disruptors that are thought to cause breast cancer, premature puberty, and low sperm count in men. And then we have the preservatives acting as endocrine disruptors (for example parabens) and those you can find in almost every single personal care product, from toothpaste to sunscreen. For a list of personal care products that are paraben free, click here.

The EU bans over one-thousand of these chemicals and ingredients believed to be endocrine disruptors or suspected of causing other health problems in humans – and the US currently bans less than ten.

What evidence is there that these chemical substances are endocrine disruptors or cause cancer? Quite a bit. Click here to read more about these chemicals and the research supporting their potentially harmful effects on humans.

In short, a lot of research has been done over the last few decades and the results are discouraging in that they show strong links between the increased use of chemicals and preservatives in products and processed foods and the increase in cancer and asthma rates over the last few decades. It is encouraging in that we know what we need to do to limit their effects on us.

By the way, do you ever wonder why your great-grandmother lived to be ninety-two but your uncle died at sixty? I know too many of these great-grandmothers and uncles for it to be a mere coincidence every time.

Until harmful ingredients are eliminated in a reasonable way (with proper evidence and without special interest) – ask yourself whether your ninety-two year old grandmother would have eaten that bag of favored (processed) corn chips laden with FD&C yellow #5 and possibly a dose of parabens…

Tags: additives, artificial colors, artificial dyes, artificial preservatives, BPA, parabens, phthalates, toxic ingredients

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