# 7 of 8 Everyday Chemicals That Could Be Messing with your Health – GMO’s
Genetically engineered, or GMO, food has never been proven safe, although it’s infiltrated most of the U.S. food supply. GMO crops, particularly corn, soy, and canola, are genetically manipulated to withstand heavy dousings of toxic pesticides. (So much so that those pesticides often wind up inside of the food we eat.) A 2008 Austrian study […]
# 6 of 8 Everyday Chemicals That Could Be Messing with your Health – PCB’s
PCBs were used decades ago in the electric industry and are now banned, but they don’t break down easily and have built up in our waterways—and in the fish that swim in them. Previous research linked PCBs to poorer sperm quality. In 2011, a National Institutes of Health–funded study found that concentrations found among the […]
# 5 of 8 Everyday Chemicals That Could Be Messing with your Health – Pesticides
Pesticides have a bad habit of not staying put. In fact, atrazine, a common chemical weed killer used heavily in the Midwest, on Southern sugar cane farms, and on golf courses, has been detected in tap water. Its widespread use is not good news for couples trying to conceive, since it and other pesticides have […]
# 4 of 8 Everyday Chemicals That Could Be Messing with your Health – Phthalates
Perhaps one of the most ubiquitous household toxic compounds, phthalates are plasticizing chemicals found in vinyl products and products containing artificial fragrances (there are thousands). Men with higher levels of phthalates pay for it in the sperm quality department: In studies, their sperm tested as abnormal or showed signs of suffering DNA damage. Phthalates act […]
# 3 of 8 Everyday Chemicals That Could Be Messing with your Health – Flame Retardants
Used in everything from car seats and carpet padding to electronics, a common class of flame retardants could be delaying pregnancies. In 2010, researchers published a study releasing some pretty alarming facts. For each tenfold increase of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) levels in the blood, women were likely to experience a 30 percent increase in […]
# 2 of 8 Everyday Chemicals That Could Be Messing with your Health – BPA
# 2 BPA Bisphenol A, or BPA, is used in so many products that it’s now detected in sand, household dust, and water. Studies have found that men with high BPA levels in their urine produce lower-quality sperm, making it more difficult to reproduce. Ladies aren’t immune from BPA’s ill effects, either. A 2010 […]