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.
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.
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.
NPEs (nonylphenol ethoxylates) break down in the environment into nonylphenol (NP), one of the most notorious examples of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals.
Humans are exposed to disinfection by-products , or DBPs, through drinking-water and oral, dermal, and inhalational contact with chlorinated water 6.
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) is white or slightly yellow, waxy solid.
A study by Kim et al, published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, found that phthalates significantly increased tumor cell proliferation.
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