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Obesity and Chemicals: A Matter of Environmental Justice

There is evidence that industrial pollutants are contributing to America’s obesity epidemic. While personal responsibility is important, we need to address other underlying issues that contribute to the problem.

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From childhood obesity to breast cancer: new research links chemicals to large-scale health problems

Cancer, infertility, obesity, asthma, learning disorders, early puberty, diabetes — what do all of these things have in common? For starters, they are all on the rise in the U.S. Second, they are major health trends that scientists are now linking to exposure to toxic chemicals. The latest alarming public health trend now linked to […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: asthma, bisphenol A, BPA, breast cancer, cancer, childhood obesity, diabetes, early puberty, endocrine, estrogen, hormone, infertility, learning disorders, obesity, obesogen, weight, new research links chemicals to large-scale health problems, major health trends, Pediatrician Harvey Karp, hormone-disrupting chemical found in plastic

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