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.

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Glyphosate (Roundup) found in many foods

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) tested a wide variety of oat and wheat products for glyphosate, the most commonly used herbicide in the world.

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PFAS chemicals (found in Teflon and other household products) cause young men to have shorter penises and lower sperm counts

A study by Di Nisio et al, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, found that the PFAS chemicals PFOA and PFOS impair male reproductive health.

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Greening your dry cleaning

See this Environmental Working Group (EWG) fact sheet about the hazards of traditional dry cleaning, the problem with some common alternatives, and how you can best clean your clothes.

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NPEs: why and how to avoid them

NPEs (nonylphenol ethoxylates) break down in the environment into nonylphenol (NP), one of the most notorious examples of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals.

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Harmful Disinfection By-Products (DBP’s) created by chlorine

Humans are exposed to disinfection by-products , or DBPs, through drinking-water and oral, dermal, and inhalational contact with chlorinated water 6.

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The problem with the preservative BHA

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) is white or slightly yellow, waxy solid.

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