Thursday, May 16, 2019

Dirty Dozen Endocrine Disruptors

https://www.ewg.org/research/dirty-dozen-list-endocrine-disruptors?utm_campaign=Social+Traffic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1513366912#.WjQldbQ-dTY

12 Hormone-Altering Chemicals and How to Avoid Them

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There is no end to the tricks that endocrine disruptors can play on our bodies: increasing production of certain hormones; decreasing production of others; imitating hormones; turning one hormone into another; interfering with hormone signaling; telling cells to die prematurely; competing with essential nutrients; binding to essential hormones; accumulating in organs that produce hormones.
Here are 12 of the worst hormone disruptors, how they do their dirty deeds, and some tips on how to avoid them.

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