Risk = concentration + frequency. Radiation, Ebola, lice, bedbugs ticks and Bisphenol A (and other plastic chemicals) have a fair amount in common. Fortunately, you can choose to avoid five of those six, but the third gets forced upon you every minute of every day. First, they are all alike because the damage they can […]
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Your cells: Complicated, vulnerable to disruption by BPA and other chemicals
Complicated and Fragile Another reason that such small concentrations can affect you is that they operate inside of tiny cells that are complicated and fragile. And that makes it a matter both of scale and potency. The cells in your body are like a well-run city maintained with carefully balanced mechanisms that produce energy, get […]
The Amounts Are Too Small To Matter (A Deadly Misconception)
By Lewis Perdue on May 25, 2015 in Featured, Hormone/Endocrine Disruptor Basics, Myths That Can Kill You
See also: This is why you need to be concerned about tiny doses of environmental chemicals like BPA Hormones are tremendously powerful. And yet, they have huge effects on your body and health at incredibly tiny amounts — parts per billion and parts per trillion. For example, this article published by the U.S. National Institutes […]
Quick Briefing: These Links May Help You Understand The Issues Better
The following links may be useful in helping to understand the complicated issues raised in this article: The Amounts Are Too Small To Matter (A Deadly Misconception) The Dose Is The Poison (Not Always!) BPA’s No Sweat: Your Body Gets Rid Of It Quickly 84,000 Legal Chemicals. Fewer Than 200 Tested. Only 5 Ever Banned […]
Evolving Connections Between Phthalates and Obesity/Type 2 Diabetes
In short: scientific evidence increasingly finds that phthalates are connected with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. More research is needed. The following excerpts come from peer-reviewed studies published in 2014 and 2015. Note, the term “epigenetics” refers to a process in which the activity of a gene can be controlled, blocked or overexpressed by mechanisms […]
Phthalate Research: News & Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies
This is one of a series of articles. The following are others in the series. If the link is not active, it means that the article is in progress but not finished. Phthalate Background & Hazards Where Phthalates Are Found Phthalate Research: News & Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies Avoiding Phthalates Tesla Terror: Can That New Car […]
Phthalate Background & Hazards
This is one of a series of articles on phthalates. The following are others in the series. If the link is not active, it means that the article is in progress but not finished. Phthalate Background & Hazards Where Phthalates Are Found Phthalate Research: News & Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies Avoiding Phthalates Tesla Terror: Can That […]
Where Phthalates Are Found
This is one of a series of articles on phthalates. The following are others in the series. If the link is not active, it means that the article is in progress but not finished. Phthalate Background & Hazards Where Phthalates Are Found Phthalate Research: News & Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies Avoiding Phthalates Tesla Terror: Can That […]
Bisphenol A (BPA) Risk Assessment Links
Thousands of recent, well-done studies that clearly show the dangers of BPA. However, in 2014 a lack of human resources forced the Stealth Syndromes Project to abandon thus efforts to gather and categorize studies of BPA and health because there were so many of them . Wethat it could not be done even if we […]
Why Is “Estrogenic Action” Important?
The term “estrogenic” refers to hormone disrupting chemicals like BPA and other chemicals from plastics, pesticides and other sources that can affect the health of both men and women in ways that are similar to estrogen. Most hormone disruptors exhibit estrogenic action. The Endocrine Society (www.endo-society.org) — the world’s oldest and largest organization for doctors […]