Tag: toxins

Toxins in tiny bodies: American children are carrying invisible chemical burden

Chemical exposures were highest among younger toddlers and racial/ethnic minorities, reflecting systemic environmental injustice. While some older chemicals like triclosan and certain phthalates are decreasing (likely due to public pressure and reformulations), new unregulated substitutes like DINCH and emerging pesticides are on the rise.

Girls exposed to chemicals start puberty early

Children are being exposed to beauty toxins that speed up puberty.

Researchers find toxins in your tampons

Like the microplastics found from plastic teeth aligners, new research on tampons reveals hidden dangers of arsenic and lead.

More than half of Dollar Store products contain toxins that can hurt you

new report finds that 54% of all the products tested at Dollar Stores contain hazardous chemicals linked to cancer, learning disabilities and serious illnesses.

Can Laminate Floors Be Eco-Friendly?

Most laminate wood flooring is not eco friendly. It may be cheap, it may "look" like wood, but chances are it's full of formadehyde and toxic chemicals. Go for real wood, cork floors or beautiful old fashioned tiles. Carpets are a boig no no.

Israeli Meat Fed With Feces and Pumped With Toxic Contaminants

It takes only 38 days to raise a chicken for slaughtering - not a very nice existence Eating meat products...

Are Brazilian Blowouts Putting Kinks in Health?

More popular in the US than the Middle East, the Brazilian Blowout craze (with its chemicals) did make the...

Johnson’s Baby Shampoo Health Risk Ends in Victory for Babies

Among those sweet baby scents have lurked not so sweet ingredients like formaldehyde, claim activists. If there is a signature...

Can Air Con Fumes In Hot Cars Cause Cancer?

Have you received an email saying your car's air con could kill you? The jury is still out until...

Get Your Blood Tested for Heavy Metals

If you live in the west or the east, in an economically advanced country or a repressed one, getting...

How Medicines Are Contaminating The Earth

A Tel Aviv University researcher has found that drugs are contaminating the earth in more complex ways than previously...