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.
The National Institutes of Health has a very useful website containing basic information about pesticides and the most recent studies involving the effects of pesticides on human health.
An experimental study has demonstrated a cocktail effect for a mixture of five pesticides commonly found in human food. This means that these chemicals are more toxic when combined than alone.
The incidence of thyroid cancer is rising in the United States.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a tip sheet on easy ways to avoid exposure to BPA.
A study by Yang et al, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, found that most plastic products release estrogenic substances.
Toxic Matters, a program of the University of California, has put out a brochure offering practical recommendations on how to avoid exposure to common substances encountered in everyday life that can …
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