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Hormone disrupting chemicals; a healthcare crisis we are just beginning to understand according to Time Magazine.

Hormone disrupting chemicals; a healthcare crisis we are just beginning to understand according to Time Magazine. A recent series of papers from the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism has uncovered a problem that may be responsible for millions of people who have had problems in the endocrine system, the part of the body that regulates hormones responsible for many of our normal functions. The chemicals, in common plastics we consider safe likely impacts the developing brain and neurodevelopmental disabilities, obesity and diabetes, and male reproductive disabilities. The estimated costs of this problem is in the billions. Check out the Read More »