What are endocrine disrupters? Why
should we know?
A recent article on the senior women
website tells us why we need to know
this term and why we should be concerned.
The Environmental Working Group works
constantly to protect us, the American people, from becoming victims of the products we use, the
food we eat, and the air we breathe. The EWG and Duke University conducted
research to find out what girls and women are innocently doing to harm their endocrine
or
hormone systems.
Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that, at certain doses, can interfere with the endocrine (or hormone) system in mammals. These disruptions can cause cancerous tumors, birth defects, and other developmental disorders. Any system in the body controlled by hormones can be derailed by hormone disruptors.hormone systems.
The research study included ten nail
polishes such as OPI, Sally Hansen, Wet n Wild and others, popular with girls
and women in this country. Nail color is trendy with girls as young as twelve. Adult
women flock to nail salons where polish and other chemicals are applied.
The Duke and EWG research shows that
within hours of polishing their nails, the subjects’ blood contained a toxic
chemical, TPHP, which has growing evidence suggesting it may affect the hormone
regulation, metabolism, reproduction and development systems.
Read the complete article on this
subject at the link below.
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