Some common garden fertilizers sold by major retailers have concerning levels of PFAS compounds, so-called “forever chemicals” that last in the environment for decades and potentially harm health, a new study has found.

Silicone was shown to migrate into foods during cooking and baking.  See more on the research here.

The ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicology and adverse health effects information for the toxic substance described.

Research published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, state that “our findings add substantially to the weight of evidence that PFOA [a type of PFAS, or “forever chemical”] is a renal carcinogen and may have important public health implications for the many individu…

A review in the journal Environmental Health gives a detailed summary of the connection between breast cancer and the environment.

 A study published in the journal Genes describes the relationship between increasing aquatic contamination with environmental estrogens and increasing rates of breast cancer.

A study published in the journal Toxicology reviews data surrounding the role of environmental estrogens in breast cancer treatment and progression:  “The established role that estrogens play in breast cancer pathogenesis explains why some patients initially respond to endocrine therapy but …

A study in the journal Frontiers in Public Health describes the consequences of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in our environment: “The exponential growth of pollutant discharges into the environment due to increasing industrial and agricultural activities is a rising threat for human health a…

Researchers Yang, Bittner, et al, in a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, found that almost all commercially available plastic products sampled—independent of the type of resin, product, or retail source—leached chemicals having reliably detectable estrogenic activity, includi…

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See this list for the growing number of products that are free of harmful PFAS chemicals.