Remember Project Is It In Us? The biomonitoring study that tested people from around the country for 20 toxic substances in three classes of chemicals: phthalates, bisphenol A, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs. Well a new study, published recently in the medical journal Pediatrics, focuses on the presence of these hormone-altering chemicals in infants and the results are not good.
The LA Times reported that:
Babies exposed to lotion, shampoo and powder had more than four times the level of phthalates in their urine as those whose parents had not used the products. Previous research found that the substances altered the …read more