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Katarzyna Strycharz

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Should anglers worry about toxic chemicals?

Eating one meal of sport fish or game will likely not make people sick. However, consuming game and fish not sold in markets may have long-term health effects. So should those who enjoy sport fishing worry about toxic chemicals?

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: dioxins, PCBs, long-term health effects., sport fish, Chemicals often found in sport game and fish, adverse effects on physical growth and mental development of children, sport fish consumption, smallmouth bass, northern pike, pickerel, walleye, Tips for healthy sport fish consumption, Tips for healthy game consumption

Phthalates: can exposure be avoided during pregnancy? (with Gifs)

Luckily, there are steps that pregnant women can take to avoid consuming more of these toxics than necessary.

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: action, cancer, CDC, chemicals, endocrine disruptors, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, health, minimize exposure, phase out phthalates, phthalate metabolites, phthalates, Phthalates: can exposure be avoided during pregnancy?, plasticizers, policy, pregnancy, pregnant women are the most vulnerable groups for phthalates, products, released into food or liquids or air, retailers, tips, toxic, toxic chemicals, unborn babies, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

Toxic tampons and pads? Tell Always to “Detox the Box!”

When our partners, Women’s Voices for the Earth, released product testing results of Procter & Gamble’s Always sanitary pads, the results were pretty shocking.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: action, cancer, carcinogens, chemicals, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, health, medical devices, phthalates, policy, product testing, products, reproduction, retailers, styrene, toxic, Women's Voices for the Earth, WVE, bill, acetone, Always, Always Infinity, brands, chloroethane, chloromethane, detox the box, DetoxTheBox, feminine hygiene, menstration, Proctor and Gamble, sanitary pads, styrofoam, tampons, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

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