How to Avoid Exposure to Hormone Disrupting Chemicals

https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/05/06/how-to-avoid-hormone-disrupting-chemicals/
For example, they may block certain hormonal signals, alter your hormone levels, or change the way your natural hormones travel through your body. As noted in a World Health Organization (WHO) report published in 2012,^3,4 the effects of EDCs on your hormonal systems “can lead to obesity, infertility or reduced fertility, learning and memory difficulties, Type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease, as well as a variety of other diseases.”
What’s more, since hormones operate at parts per million and parts per billion concentrations, the Endocrine Society warns there may be no safe level of exposure for many EDCs,⁵ and that the health effects are so great everyone needs to take proactive steps to avoid them — especially those seeking to get pregnant, pregnant women and young children.⁶

10 Common Routes of EDC Exposure and How to Avoid Them

According to the Hormone Health Network, which is a part of the Endocrine Society, there are an estimated 1,000 man-made chemicals on the market with endocrine-disrupting properties.¹³Following are 10 common routes of exposure, and some commonsense tips for how to avoid them: