by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & C.E.O Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Potential Autism Causes Identified What causes autism? Dr. Phil Landrigan, professor and chair of preventive medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York and Honorary Board member of Healthy Child Healthy World, recently released a comprehensive list of environmental triggers, published in Environmental Health Perspectives and concisely presented in a slideshow on Rodale ... continue reading...
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CHEJ: “So-called green products contain hidden toxic chemicals that are not on product labels”
Who can you trust? Apparently no one! Companies I have long trusted as green and natural have been exposed by the Center for Health and Environmental Justice (CHEJ): So-called green products contain hidden toxic chemicals that are not on product labels. Shit. Excuse my language, but I feel jaded. Ecover? Seventh Generation? You have let me down. In a peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, the Silent Spring Institute tested 213 consumer products. RESULTS: We ... continue reading...
Reduce Chemicals to Increase Fertility
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & C.E.O Healthy Child Healthy World On Valentine’s Day, the last thing you want to think about is whether toxic chemicals will prevent you from starting a family. But with rates of infertility on the rise and testosterone levels in decline, we may need to factor in chemical exposures to the future of our love lives. Infertility affects one in eight couples in the United States—that’s 7.3 million people who have trouble with pregnancy, according ... continue reading...
Common Household Chemicals Diminish Vaccine Effectiveness
Do you know what PFCs are? Perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, are common household chemicals found in products to prevent staining and sticking, such as non-stick cookware and stain resistant carpeting. They are even found in candy wrappers and other food packaging. Pollution in People explains: Why should I be concerned? PFCs are very persistent. Even if production were to end today, levels would continue to increase in the environment for many years to come. Researchers are finding ... continue reading...
Epigenetics, Autism, Pesticides, and Vaccines: One More Reason to Live Naturally and Avoid Chemicals
When I learned about DNA in high school, we were told that was it. Our DNA explained who we were. It was written in the double helix inherited from our ancestors. Yes, DNA was the ultimate winner in the smackdown battle between nature versus nurture, that is, until epigenetics came along. What is epigenetics? The International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation explains: Derived from the Greek, the word epigenetics literally means “above” genetics. Epigenetics is the study of ... continue reading...
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