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.
Useful, printable infographic about the hazards of the chemicals in “fragance”
Women’s Voices for the Earth put out a useful infographic about fragrance that you can download and print.
Nylon tea bags add billions of microplastics into tea
A study released by researchers at McGill University in Montreal revealed that steeping a single silky plastic tea bag at brewing temperature (95C) releases approximately 11.
Conflicting data on the impact of aluminum in antiperspirants on breast cancer
A study by Flarend et al, published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, found that a one-time use of aluminum chlorohydrate, found in many antiperspirants, applied to the skin is not a signif…
Talcum powder and cancer in women
A study by Karageorgi et al, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, found that that perineal talcum powder use increases the risk of endometrial cancer, particularl…
PFCs found in office, home, and vehicle dust
This study by Fraser et al, published in the journal Environment International, found that polyfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, are ubiquitous in indoor environments and suggest that many PFCs may be h…
Indoor environmental pollutants and exacerbation of asthma
This study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, reviewed the scientific literature about indoor exposures and asthma, found that multiple indoor exposures, especially dampness-related agen…
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