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.
Minimum of one hour per day in the sun leads to decrease in breast cancer risk
A meta-analysis by Hiller et al, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, suggests that spending greater than an hour a day in the sun during the summer months could decrease the ri…
Beyone Conventional Cancer Therapies on the importance of a healthy environment
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More than 2000 chemicals can be found in packaged foods
A report from the Environmental Working Group shows that thousands of untested chemicals (an estimated 2,000, to be exact) are found in conventional packaged foods purchasable in U.S. supermarkets.
Nail polishes contain endocrine-disrupting plasticizers
A study by Young et al, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, found that nail polish contains plasticizers to make it flexible and chip-resistant, but as endocrine disrupto…
PFAS chemicals: what are they, where are they, and what is being done about them?
The journal Chemistry World has published a great overall summary of the PFAS contamination problem and what is being done about it.
Ways to remove pesticides from apples
A study by Yang et al, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, measured the effectiveness of commercial and homemade washing agents in removing surface and internalized pesticide …
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