Reduce your exposure to toxins in everyday life

This Environment Toolkit supports the information and guidance you receive in the Environment Module of the Anticancer Lifestyle Program. The module and the resources included on this page will give you tools you can use to make informed and wise purchasing decisions, in order to reduce your exposure to toxins common to daily living.

Articles & Research

Toxic Chemicals We Consume Without Knowing It

This article by Akash Goel, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, was published in MedScape, which offers the latest on medical news and perspectives.

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Great Resource from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine on Reducing Exposure to Environmental Toxins

Mt. Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine is doing terrific research on the hazards posed by environmental toxins and how to reduce risk. See their Learning Hub here.

Articles & Research

Autism linked to pesticides

This study of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) strengthens the evidence linking neurodevelopmental disorders with gestational pesticide exposures, particularly organophosphates, and provides novel resul…

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Exposure to cleaning products in first 3 months of life increases risk of childhood asthma

Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease and is the primary reason why children miss school or end up in hospital. The study was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

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Evaluating the health impacts of cell phone radio frequency radiation

When considering the exposure of the public to anthropogenic electromagnetic fields, especially those arising from mobile communications and their infrastructure, the Precautionary Principle seems to …

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Household plants can clean the air of pollutants like benzene

This study compared the rates of VOC removal (benzene  as the model VOC) by seven potted plant species/varieties.

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