Bisphenol A and Sexual Dysfunction
One thing is for sure. Headline writers last week must have been thrilled by the study that linked exposure to bisphenol A with sexual dysfunction in Chinese men. “Study a real downer.” “Hard plastic...
View ArticleBisphenol A and Heart Disease
Ask someone to mention a nasty chemical these days and you’re likely to hear “bisphenol- A.” It has been making the headlines with great regularity, but not in a positive fashion. Bisphenol A (BPA) is...
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What is the common link between Neil Armstrong and colored trumpet mouthpieces?
The helmet that Neil Armstrong wore when landing on the moon in 1969 and colored trumpet mouthpieces are made of the same plastic, Lexan. In 1953 Daniel Fox at General Electric was looking for better...
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Joe Mercola and “Foods You Should Never Eat.”
Joe Mercola is an osteopath who runs a popular health website on which he offers all sorts of advice, mostly questionable. He also sells a huge variety of products ranging from an array of supplements...
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Don’t Blame the Water Bottle!
I've repeatedly been asked about the circulating email that claims Sheryl Crow blames her breast cancer on chemicals leaching out of water bottles and warns women to never keep bottled water in the car...
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You Asked: Should we worry about plastic pollution?
Plastics are the fabric of modern life. They’re in our cars, our planes, our kitchens, our electronics, our furniture, our bottles, our packaging, our floors and our medical equipment. We are using...
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Tempest in a K cup
A question came up about the risks of chemicals leaching out of those convenient coffee K cups. Yes, chemicals do leach out. That of course is the idea, you want to leach out the hundreds of compounds...
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