Today is Memorial Day—the unofficial start of summer. So, I hope you’re starting to spend at least 10 to 15 minutes each day in the sun without sunscreen. Using sunscreen blocks your body’s [...]
Category: Toxic chemicals
Common plastics and chemicals increase Type II diabetes risk
A new review from the University of Illinois at Chicago demonstrated that chemicals and plastics commonly used in homes could significantly increase your risk of Type II diabetes. For this study, [...]
Is there such a thing as “too clean”?
The development of good personal hygiene habits represents a revolution in society from the disease-filled dark ages, when European and early American societies rarely bathed. People wore [...]
The “clear and present danger” the government won’t protect you from
Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 40 years ago to protect human heath from toxic chemicals. But the law “grandfathered” in roughly 60,000 chemicals already in use at the [...]