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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.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Health Science Tagged With: autism, bisphenol S, diabetes, endocrine disrupting chemicals, endometriosis, flame retardants, fragrance, infertility, obesity, pesticides, phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), Leonardo Trasande, attention deficit disorder, impaired learning, fibroids, bisphenols, books

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New study rates best and worst garden hoses: lead, phthalates & hazardous flame retardants in garden hoses

Lead leaches into water from hoses, study finds, the market is shifting to safer materials and products

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store, Lead Tagged With: antimony, birth defects, BPA, bromine, chemicals, DEHP, drinking water, early puberty, Ecology Center, EPA, FDA, flame retardants, hormone disruption, lead, liver toxicity, Lowe's, organotins, phthalates, PVC plastic, PVC-free, vinyl, Walmart, water, tin, hose, garden hose, The Home Depot, Amazon, impaired learning, premature births, worst products, water safety, water standards, polyurethane

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