Research continues to link unsafe chemicals to chronic diseases

Some very important research was recently published by the The Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Center that continues to expose links between chronic diseases and environmental exposures, especially to chemicals found in every day products!

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Many products that people think of as safe or even healthy are being shown to contain ingredients such as phthalates, things as simple as cosmetics, plastic toys, even perfumes, lotions or shampoos.

Because exposure to phthalates in the environment is ubiquitous, the potential for public health impact of exposure to phthalates might be great. The researchers state that preventive measures to limit exposure to phthalates during pregnancy may be warranted should their findings be verified.

This type of groundbreaking research just holds up the fact that stronger regulation of product ingredients is necessary for the health of ourselves, our children, and our future as the human race.

The results of the study indicated that mothers with higher recorded concentrations of low molecular weight phthalate metabolites in their urine during pregnancy reported poorer behavioral profiles in their children. In particular, there were strong trends in the measures of conduct and externalizing problems, characteristics typically associated with Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

For some additional information on Endocrine disruptors (ED), of which phthalates are just one, check out this December 2009 NY Times article entitled Cancer from the Kitchen?