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Are toxic chemicals making you sicker, fatter and poorer? An Interview with Dr. Leo Trasande on his new book

Dr. Leo Trasande is a leading voice in public health policy and a top environmental medicine scientist. In a newly published book, he reveals the alarming truth about how hormone-disrupting chemicals like phthalates and flame retardants are affecting our daily lives—and what we can do to protect ourselves and fight back.

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Study finds levels of toxic flame retardants 5 times higher in toddlers

These results are particularly troubling since children, ages one to five, are in important stages of development and likely more sensitive to environmental chemicals, particularly those that affect their metabolism and hormones.

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Video: Consumers in the dark about BPA

BPA is a very common chemical found in plastics, food and beverage can linings, and other consumer products. BPA is one of the highest volume chemicals produced in the world; according to the Centers for Disease Control, 93% of us have it in our bodies. BPA mimics estrogen and, in animal studies, researchers have linked […]

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Health Science Tagged With: bisphenol A, BPA, bpa free, BPA regulation, cancer, canned food, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Protection, chemical regulation, diabetes, early puberty, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, obesity, toxic chemicals, Toxic Substances Control Act, TSCA

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