This video, by Deb Ford DCN RDN, explains how environmental toxins can harm your health. It defines 'environment' broadly, including things that enter your body through food and personal products. The video details common toxins like BPA, phthalates, heavy metals, glycol ethers, radon, flame retardants, organophosphates, and particle pollution, explaining how each affects the body and providing ways to reduce exposure. The speaker emphasizes the importance of testing your body for toxin levels and adopting a lifestyle that supports detoxification.
Key Takeaways
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Environmental toxins, especially endocrine disruptors, are widespread and can cause significant anatomical and health changes, even in babies.
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BPA, found in many plastics and food containers, mimics estrogen and is linked to various cancers, reproductive issues, and heart disease, with 93% of Americans having it in their bodies.
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Phthalates, used to make plastics flexible and found in personal care products, can trigger premature cell death and are associated with hormone changes, lower sperm count, and thyroid problems.
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Heavy metals like lead and mercury can cause neurological, gastrointestinal, and developmental issues, with lead often found in old paint and pipes, and mercury accumulating in larger fish.
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Glycol ethers, found in cleaning supplies and cosmetics, can damage fertility, lead to congenital disabilities, and worsen allergies and asthma.
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Radon, a gas from decaying uranium in rocks and soil, can be found in homes and is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking.
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Flame retardants (BFRs) used in furniture and textiles don't stick to materials and can disrupt thyroid hormones, found even in breast milk and wildlife.
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Organophosphates, neurotoxic compounds used in pesticides and insecticides, can affect brain development, behavior, and fertility, highlighting the importance of eating organic.
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Particle pollution from dust, mold, and fuel emissions contributes to respiratory issues, heart disease, asthma, and lung cancer, making good ventilation and air filtration crucial.
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To protect your health, be cautious, eat nutrient-rich whole foods, avoid plastics, use natural cleaning products, exercise and sweat, and consider high-quality supplements to support detoxification.
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Testing your body for environmental toxins is highly recommended, as it provides a personalized approach to understanding and addressing potential health risks.
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all the questions in the follow-up email
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so thank you for joining us today this
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is a big topic
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toxins I think one of the most important
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topics by far these days and I'm going
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to talk a lot about andrien disruptors
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but they could actually really be called
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hormone imitators they are making big
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changes in our human existence so much
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so that for the last 20 years they've
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actually scientists have actually been
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measuring anatomic anatomical changes in
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babies pretty insane and I have reams of
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research to prove everything that I'm
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saying I mean you know me I'm all about
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the research in PubMed but people need
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to be aware about this these are things
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we need to be taking action on because
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it's some serious stuff most of you know
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me but for those of you who don't just a
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short little bio about me and why I am
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here to teach you today you know long
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time ago I had a history of illness
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starting from the time of infancy I was
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kind of like the canary in the M shaft
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you know antibiotic itics for 10 years
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of course digestive issues cystic acne
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teenage mood problems precocious puberty
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you know weight problems I can tell you
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in the fourth grade how much I weighed
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because Miss bade was coming down to
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weigh us and panicked me kid shouldn't
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have to even think about that
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Interstitial cystitis several surgeries
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um some experimental I mean I had five
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organs removed and then finally when the
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OBGYN suggested at hysterctomy when I
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was 22 I knew I needed to change
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something you know I couldn't do any
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worse so you can see why I am so
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passionate about what I do you know I I
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have totally committed my career pretty
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much my life to to this whole area and
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helping others achieve Better Health now
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at age almost 68 I have three great kids
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three absolutely wonderful grandsons
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that are my joy I just did a Spartan
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Race could be called a mud race but oh
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my gosh that was tough and I love to
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exercise I'm a I love personal growth I
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have degrees upon degrees certifications
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you know unlimited trainings I'm getting
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ready to get the
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ifmcp exam and that's huge but they all
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are about uncovering the biology of the
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problems we have today we need this
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information so that you too can be the
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change you want to see in the world
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around you know it starts with simple
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choices simple choices that we can show
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you know show that it's not so difficult
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okay so um here we go so let's first of
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all I think we need to define or clarify
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the environment when when we mean
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environment you know we're discussing
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environmental toxins environment REM
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refers to anything surrounding anything
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outside the body which actually not only
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the skin and all that but it starts with
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the mouth that tube that runs through
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your body that's where the outside world
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meets the inside outside through food
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and all that that outside environment
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comes in environmental issues often
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refer to nature but that's just one
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aspect of what we're going to be
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discussing environmental toxins you know
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so it's incumbent on all of us to
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consider the impact of these external
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things they have what they can have on
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our internal body our internal
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environment
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so where are they
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found you know you may be surprised to
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learn that environmental toxins are much
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much more more widespread than just
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pollution pesticides herbicides in fact
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we unwittingly come in contact with all
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of our hairsprays and you know all this
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stuff we use all the chemicals and our
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cos metics and food additives and and
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because of the constant exposure to all
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these environmental toxins you know more
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and more people are suffering from weird
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chronic diseases these
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illnesses almost we're in a con
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continuous state of exhaustion mental
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fogginess anxiety physical pain
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progressively finding more diseases all
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the time a a lot of hormone health
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problems it's like quacamole you know
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what what's going to pop up next if
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you've listen to my radio show podcast
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over the last couple months you've heard
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a lot about these toxins and how they
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can affect just about everything from
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hair on the top of our head to the
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fungus on our toenails you know it's
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it's everything from blood sugar you
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know to our sexuality it's
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everything so how are these impact our
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health you know how are they doing this
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you know we're taught you know from a
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young age that toxic chemicals are
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harmful but what you may not understand
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is how they impact Health you know sure
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they're not good for us but how do they
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how are they hurting us well the endrin
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disrupting chemicals are huge the
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endocrine system is basically all the
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glands pituitary thyroid hypothalamus OV
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testes adrenal glands they they affect
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everything growth and development tissue
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function um metabolism sexual function
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sleep mood blood sugar how we respond to
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stress in our environment how much
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inflammation we have and how we take
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care of that you know among other things
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one class that we're going to cover
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pretty deep is called endrin
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disruptors according to one of my
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favorite groups the environmental
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working group and I quote there is no
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end to the trickery that these endocine
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disruptors may play on our bodies
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unquote some of these dangerous endrin
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disruptors
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include increasing or decreasing
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production of certain hormones you know
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that could be like hyper and
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hypothyroid it could imitate hormones
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you know act like
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estrogen or can turn one hormone into
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another like turning testosterone into
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estrogen happens you know or it can
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interfere with the hormone
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signaling blocking insulin for example
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maybe your blood sugar is is upset and
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it's not being properly regulated
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signaling cells to die prematurely like
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nerve cells dopamine cells that are
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affected in Parkinson's disease you know
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or
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competing with essal nutrients like
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calcium you know calcium binding
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receptors you know if you get a
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different mineral in there it's going to
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keep calcium from doing it so there's a
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lot of ways they could just mess things
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up so the result hormone disruption the
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list of diseases caused by hormone
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disruptors is continually growing we
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still keep learning more every week
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every month everything from attention
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deficit hyperactivity disorder ADH to
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Parkinson's to Alzheimer's disease and
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all the dementias diabetes
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cardiovascular disease obesity early
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puberty all sorts of reproductive
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disorders you know both infertility and
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deformities and childhood and adult
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cancers a lot of cancers you know from
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cancerous tumors to congenital
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deformities and disabilities and a lot
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of other developmental disorders these
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endrin disrupting toxins can impact
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every system in the body controlled by
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hormones and knowing that hormones are
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responsible for just about every major
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aspect of Health from sleep to
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metabolism it's crucial to limit our
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exposure and know where you're going to
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find them you know knowing is going to
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help us avoid a lot of them so let's
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take a look at some of these toxins and
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then also how to reduce your
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exposure so the first one BPA I know
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we've all kind of heard about BPA but
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you can't imagine I have this
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conversation with people every day BPA
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is an industrial chemical that's been
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used to make certain Plastics and resins
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and you know ever since 1960 for example
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polycarbonate Plastics contain BPA and
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they're often used to containers that
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store canned goods beverages about
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anything you drink look inside I'll bet
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it's been coated with plastic you know
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every every drink and you know water
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bottles boy the water bottles are just
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about all BPA plastic and that synthetic
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hormone acts like a imitates estrogen
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and that interferes with all the
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reproductive stuff the environmental
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working group has reported that BPA has
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been linked to everything from breast
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and prostate and other cancers to
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reproductive problems Galore obesity
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early Pro puberty and even heart disease
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and according to the government test 93%
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of Americans have BPA in their
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body according to the Centers for
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Disease
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Control people are commonly exposed to
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low levels of BPA when they consider
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consum food or water and most of it has
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been stored in plastic containers you
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know if we're just exposed everywhere
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although we hear a lot about BPA free
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research is suggesting that all the
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bisphenols are bad you know they're just
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replacing BPA with BPS or other ones and
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they're just as bad and they may even be
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worse so how do we expose how do we
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avoid exposure because you can see
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everything in the grocery oh my gosh
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plastic everywhere like it's going to be
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challenging because it is so prevalent
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in the environment you know here are
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some tips that are going to help you uh
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minimize exposure a little bit and I'd
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like to say that you can trust the BPA
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labels but like I say you know the
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packaging is going to be probably some
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other kind of P dangerous Plastics as
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well so just avoid all Plastics
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especially those marked PC for
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polycarbonate or recycling number
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seven soon as you get them you buy
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whatever and you transfer it into
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stainless steel or glass use fresh
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frozen or dried avoid microwaving Foods
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in plastic oh my gosh you can just see
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that flow right into the foods never
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ever put hot foods in
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plastic some of you may remember that
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your mothers poured hot liquids into
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Tupper Weare oh my gosh that's what they
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were told to do but that plastic just
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flowed into the food and don't even wash
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plastic containers in the dishwasher you
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know or use harsh chemicals and
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detergents on them in as little as six
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dishwashing the plastic has broken down
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so much that it's even more
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dangerous choose wooden toys wooden or
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stainless steel utensils most cash
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register tapes are going to be BPA
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coated
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at the shop we of course use BPA free
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but I know that may not be that much
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better however when I tested my levels
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of these toxins I was practically
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non-existent in BPA you know maybe it's
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better I hope but at least I'm not
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getting the BPA in you know you don't
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know unless you test and I'm going to
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talk more about that because I highly
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recommend everybody gets tested it's
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what I'm giving for Christmas this year
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thights number two that's a really nasty
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nasty group ballades are a group of
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chemicals ubiquitous that they're used
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to make make Plastics more flexible and
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harder to break commonly going to find
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them in plastic food containers
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children's toys and makeup you know our
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bodies have a signaling system to
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program cells to die as part of normal
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Health get rid of the old make new and
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according to the environmental working
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group they they've done studies and
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they've found that these chemicals
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called phalates can trigger what's known
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as death inducing signaling making cells
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die earlier than they should and when
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you run out of cells you're done Studies
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have linked these salades to hormone
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changes lower sperm count less mobility
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of sperm congenital disabilities in the
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male reproductive system obesity
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diabetes thyroid irregularities in fact
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many scholarly articles and even those
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from the National Institute of Health
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are pointing to the phades in
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association to all of these edc's in
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personal care products um and and
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they're they're saying that these these
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endocrine disrup these PL ICS are called
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gender dysphoria causing gender
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confusion and we know the male brain
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must be exposed to certain levels of
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testosterone in utero or they're forever
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feminized goes pretty deep these endrin
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disruptors are
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everywhere scientists are even measuring
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structural changes in male infants
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related to these phalates they've even
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done in colleges uh they had some
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volunteers and yeah things are
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changing so we need to avoid these at
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all cost for Humanity so to reduce
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exposure start by avoiding all things
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plastic plastic containers children's
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toys plastic wrap made from PVC you know
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that stretchy clingy stuff or anything
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that has a label number three it's
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important to read your cosmetics and and
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personal care products if you value our
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males or all the other things avoid
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products that simply say fragrance
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they've learned that they can stick a
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whole lot of those fites in there and
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hide
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them I love the environmental working
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group you'll be able to look up all of
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these things on the website check out
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your cleaners check out your cosmetics
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and also the app Skin Deep there's what
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it's going to look like there I love
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love it you know in the United States
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all these uh we just don't ban a whole
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lot of them in the Europe they've banned
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thousands our government just tends to
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sit on their
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hands I don't know take money from the
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big
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Industries this stuff's cheap you know
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it is not capitalism at its
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best so next thing heavy metals they're
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bad you know we've got some metals in
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our body we've got gold we've got silver
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we've got all these things in our body
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body however when you increase exposure
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of some of them significantly you got
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health problems lead Mercury were aware
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of those and and there are the most
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frequent causes still to this day as
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much as we know but heavy metal
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poisoning they are the biggest cause but
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also cadum I've seen that a lot and
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arsenic are also hazardous arsenic you
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get in rice lead starting out can cause
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neurological problems gastrointestinal
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problems bone marrow problems uh and
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kidney disease and neurological
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developments and and loss of
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IQ mercury poisoning you know a lot of
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neurological stuff too like headaches
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but also low back pain weakness fatigue
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Tremors
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hallucinations the old Matt as a Hatter
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came from the fact that you know
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everybody used to wear like fancy hats
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so they had lots of Hatter around and
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they used mercury in the manufacturing
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of these cool hats
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most of it comes today from coal mining
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and coal burning some from medical
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incineration and some from certain
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Industrials um production but Mercury
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gets released into the atmosphere and it
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travels over the ocean falls down in
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where the ocean floor where it
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bioaccumulates in larger fish that's why
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we should all limit the consumption of
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the larger fish like tuna pregnant women
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are the most at risk from these toxic
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effects of mercury since you know that
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metal is known to concentrate in the
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brain and can interfere with brain
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development lowering
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IQ Mercury sources include a lot of
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dental and and medical equipment but
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also fertilizers pesticides
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amalgam um high glucose high fructose
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corn syrup and Seafood lead that's going
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to be mostly your paint your gasoline
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and an interesting note that women who
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were raised by
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highways when you're growing up we use
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lead gas and that lead from the gas
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fumes we got it into our bodies as we
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were building bones and then when you
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reach
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menopause along with releasing some of
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the calcium from our bones we get the
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liad okay so tips for reducing lead and
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Mercury reduce your exposure to lead you
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know you can find if your home was built
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before uh clear back 1978 your woodwork
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probably and other surfaces going to be
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covered with lead lead paints a biggie
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you know you probably should call an
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expert to remove that paint you know got
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to be careful if you try to do it
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yourself if you're doing any sanding at
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all you're inhaling it you know a good
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reverse osmosis water filter is going to
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be good to help reduce your exposure to
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lead because it can come in through
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drinking water especially if you have
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old pipes and of course beware of tuna
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you know that's going to concentrate at
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higher levels you know so eat seafood
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that's lower on the food chain think
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smash uh salmon mackerel anchovies uh
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sardines and Herring um then with your
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fish oil supplements I'm a big one for
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EPA DHA you got to get pure ones
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barlines and Nordic Naturals know how to
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do it and I stick with them because it's
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the fat is Where the mercury is stored
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in fish so you don't want to be taking
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that in additionally if you've got
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silver fillings from those of us raised
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at a certain time you know make sure
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you're uh have a discussion with your
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dentist and see if he thinks it's good
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to remove them or not and make sure the
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dentist is committed to following safe
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protocols or you could make it a hack of
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a lot worse when you're trying to remove
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it I recommend a biological dentist you
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know they're not so much around here but
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big cities okay really important okay
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glycol ethers all your cleaning supplies
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are
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suspect you know the cleaning products
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but also cosmetics and paints the
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problem with this toxin the all the
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glycol ethers you know they can damage
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again fertility lead to congenital
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disabilities and worsen allergies cause
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asthma you know to avoid this toxin you
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know look for natural cleaning
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Alternatives look it up on ewg.org but
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you can't beat white vinegar avoid
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products with ingredients such as two
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butal oxy ethanol BG or egbe or
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dgme when I tested toxins for myself
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this level was high I was using regular
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detergent because my husband liked it
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you know well I sweat and you know your
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socks and you know exercise and you know
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then sleep on the sheets we absorb these
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through our pores you know you got to
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test or you don't know I would never
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have known I was high again you don't
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test you don't know and I'm going to be
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telling you more about getting your own
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test because I think everybody should do
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it next one's radon a lot of new homes
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uh or old homes when they're sold they
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they run the test for Radon anymore U
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it's a gas that's produced from the
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decay of uranium you know think about
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uranium but rocks and soil contain
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uranium you know so basically in the
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basements of homes are going to be the
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most suspect but other areas too
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anything that comes in contact with the
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ground even granite
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countertops relase radon you don't know
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whether it's in your home unless you
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test for for it and and it's worth
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testing for you know next to smoking
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radon is the second most frequent cause
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of lung cancer you know so if you've got
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a finished basement that's really you
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got to make sure so reduce exposure
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ventilate open your doors ventilate EPA
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says indoor air is two and a half times
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as polluted as outdoor air due to the
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outgassing of all these Plastics and now
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even radon so you got to seal the floors
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you got to seal the walls and increase
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ventilation either under the the crawl
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space or whatever close off the basement
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from the rest of the house keep that
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door shut have your water tested you
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know you may be getting Ron through your
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water especially Wells so yeah you got
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to test radon can be removed through
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treatment Technologies you know if
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you're for like Iration or even
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activated carbon
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charcoal okay okay oh flame retardant
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number
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six there are more than 75 different
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types of flame retardants
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bfrs and they're used commercially from
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natural fiber to household Furnitures to
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Plastics Unfortunately they don't stick
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to the material but they filter into
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your environment you know shockingly
24:54
numerous Studies have found they're
24:57
everywhere they've reported high levels
25:00
of these flam retardant in breast milk
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and according to the environmental
25:05
working group again they keep track all
25:08
these stuff these incredibly persistent
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chemicals known as poly brominated
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diphenol ethers ethers or
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pbde theyve found to contaminate the
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bodies of people and Wildlife even
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though they're not using flame retardant
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even been found in polar bears problem
25:32
with these chemicals is there again they
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imitate and disrupt hormones thyroid
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hormones you know common sources are
25:42
going to be paint but all your textiles
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your paper your your Furnitures your
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mattresses that you sleep on anything
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that has been baby clothes anything
25:51
that's got flame retardant carpet
25:54
padding ways to reduce your your bfr
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you know because you want to reduce any
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brominated flam hardens exposures are
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going to be furniture and mattresses
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made you got to make get them from
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organic materials get rid of anything
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that has flame retardant on it you know
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foam made before 2005 is all going to
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have the bfr I super think it's
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important to get in a a HEPA vacuum
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cleaner and a HEPA uh air filter that's
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going to help clear out all those things
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and if you use a broom to sweep that
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just accumulates the toxins in your
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air Organo phosphates oh makes me just
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cringe to think about these organic
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phosphates they're a neurotoxic compound
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initially came from chemical warfare
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after World War II when they were
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repurposing things you know these
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chemicals um the main component of
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herbicides pesticides insecticides
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fungicides because they target the
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nervous system of the insects you know
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you spray them they die you know they
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they spray it on the plant it kills the
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pest but the problem is we eat the plant
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that's been contaminated with these
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chemicals You know despite being
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classified as what they call social
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health and environmental concerning
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products agricultural use is still high
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in these Organo phosphates on your
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vegetables and your foods you can get
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this stuff everywhere Organo phosphates
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are even used in Mosquito Abatement so
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if you see that truck going around
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spraying for mosquitoes killing the
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mosquitoes you're being exposed to these
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Organo phosphates and the adverse
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effects you know because it's
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neurological brain development Behavior
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fertility you know among other problems
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you know I say don't wait until my child
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or my grandchild or your child or your
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grandchild has behavioral problems
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neurological problems you know how many
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kids don't have that these
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days so how do we avoid these you know
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avoiding got to eat organic you know
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these harmful chemicals avoiding them
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otherwise is difficult so your best bet
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is to buy organic produce environmental
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working group you know it's it publishes
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the shoppers guide I really want you to
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go to the ewg.org go their website
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they're going to give you tons of buyer
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information you know there fruits and
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vegetables you know they're going to
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keep track of those that have the fewest
28:44
residues and those that have the most so
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check it out on
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ewd ewg.org start with their dirty desen
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the Clean 15 guide really
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important particle pollution last last
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one here this is our final toxin that
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we're going to cover particle pollution
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you know it's it's going to range from
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everything to dust to mold to fungus
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Farm you know
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harvesting and fuel emissions number one
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source of air pollution you know in the
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cities especially is going to be gas
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emissions however Landscaping industry
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accounts for up to 10% of all the air
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pollution in the United States at least
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you know the gas leaf blowers have been
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identified as number one or not number
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one but one of the worst offenders
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because when you burn that 30% of its or
29:41
all gasoline goes right back in the air
29:43
I was out for an early morning run the
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other day other week and I smelled gas
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leaf blowers two blocks away were being
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used you know countless Studies have
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been done on the effects of all this
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particle pollution and and it's it's on
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overall health you know common effects
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you're going to think about respiratory
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queing coughing shortness of breath and
30:08
and you know inflammation of lung tissue
30:10
and tissue swelling you know that
30:13
contributes also to the development of
30:16
heart disease and lung disease more
30:20
asthma attacks and even lung cancer this
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last summer we saw the effects from all
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the Canadian fires when were there ever
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a blue sky the West Coast has been aware
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of this for decades with their Smog and
30:33
their air pollution you know it
30:35
increases heart disease it increases
30:37
cancers of all kinds because of all the
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oxidative stress then of course
30:41
breathing problems you know I can't
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count how many farmers and people who
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work around grain dust or live in the
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country have
30:51
problems so how do we avoid it how do we
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avoid you know you can get a little
30:56
chemical meat or a particle meter and
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test it around but we're surrounded by
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air so you're going to get you're it's
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going to be hard to remove all the
31:04
pollutants from the environment but we
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can take some steps you know some of the
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steps that we need to take to reduce
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particle pollution include first thing
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is going to be swapping out those worse
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gas powerered things you know your leaf
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blowers and your weed whackers um get
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the electrical ones they work great uh
31:26
we don't typically take public
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transportation around here but whenever
31:31
possible lessen your contribution to
31:33
that so you know walk ride your bike you
31:36
know lessen how much you use your car
31:39
and for those of us those that work in a
31:41
factory you've got lots of stuff
31:43
floating in the air got to be careful
31:45
and if you're exercising don't do it
31:48
near hight traffic areas you're just
31:49
sucking that in don't go out when it's
31:51
hazy Harvest Time you know if you go out
31:55
if you are exposed wear a mask whatever
31:58
your position on covid a mask is going
32:00
to help with those large particles so
32:03
wearing a mask um check your your fuel
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burning things like hot water heaters uh
32:09
gas ranges in your home your furnaces
32:11
check them annually to make sure they've
32:14
got good adequate ventilation and
32:17
filtering mold prevent mold from growing
32:20
in your in your home monitor humidity
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levels especially in your basements and
32:26
and your bathrooms bathrooms are huge
32:27
when you got to have ventilation in
32:29
there get some good fans and addressing
32:31
any water stained area you may have to
32:34
take out some of the drywall it is
32:36
dangerous there are so many types of
32:38
mold some of them are estrogenic you
32:41
know that can cause breast cancer and it
32:44
can there's other kinds that can disable
32:45
your immune system like your B cells and
32:47
your te- cells you know they are serious
32:50
stuff you know they can cause lots of
32:52
different kinds of cancer I I recently
32:54
had a client that tested really high for
32:57
one of these molds and it was definitely
32:59
giving her a health problem you got to
33:01
clear them out and you got to test
33:04
that's the bottom line environmental
33:07
toxins are downright dangerous and some
33:10
of this odorless and tasteless you know
33:13
there's ongoing research on their
33:16
ability to feed cancer cells to
33:19
interfere with glucose metabolism and
33:21
cholesterol metabolism and they can
33:24
induce insulin resistance the
33:26
Environmental toxins are you know they
33:29
have been identified as a culprit in
33:32
obesity through a whole bunch of
33:34
different mechanisms you know obesity
33:37
Can it can be caused from inflammation
33:40
oxidative stress mitochondrial injury
33:42
there goes your Powerhouse thyroid
33:45
metabolism and of course impaired
33:47
Central appetite regulation you're
33:50
always hungry you know why is it that we
33:52
have all this disregulation why are you
33:55
hungry all the time why do you crave
33:56
certain foods
33:58
maybe it's the toxins that have hijacked
34:01
your system it's crucial to know your
34:05
level of risk you know when it comes to
34:08
all these environmental toxins you know
34:10
you don't know unless you test that's
34:13
why when I tested mine I started taking
34:16
some some steps you know so the best way
34:18
you can protect your health first thing
34:21
you know from all these environmental
34:23
toxins first thing I want you to do is
34:27
just be cautious you
34:29
know you know all I'm all about the
34:32
power of food you got to have really
34:35
good good food because that's how your
34:37
liver detoxifies you got to get the
34:39
phytonutrients from real whole plants
34:42
especially cruciferous ones like
34:43
broccoli and cauliflower and Brussels
34:45
brouts and kale and Bach Choy those are
34:47
going to be high in compounds that the
34:49
liver uses to detoxify foods that are
34:52
rich in antioxidants like your dark
34:54
leafy greens and your berries also
34:56
garlic leaks onions if you don't like
34:59
them learn to like them your body needs
35:01
them to detoxify you know get your taste
35:04
buds around this and also you know they
35:07
make those compounds to protect them
35:09
from the environment when we eat them
35:11
not only do we get their energy but we
35:13
get those compounds to protect us so
35:16
pretty amazing number two avoid Plastics
35:19
at all costs this can be tricky you know
35:21
we become a society that is just so
35:25
reliant on Plastics use stainless steel
35:28
use uh water bottles that are either
35:31
stainless steel or glass store in
35:34
stainless steel or glass or ceramic
35:36
don't buy in plastic install a water
35:39
filter at home carry your plastic or
35:42
Carry Your Glass do not deposit just
35:44
deposit that and and when you get coffee
35:47
out did you know that that paper cup is
35:50
lined with plastic not to mention the
35:52
plastic lid yeah it's lined with plastic
35:55
so it doesn't drip you know I hate to
35:57
say take your own cup but if you're
35:59
doing this every day maybe keep a cup in
36:02
your car so you can pour it directly in
36:04
there so you're not drinking this
36:06
plastic every day number three detox
36:09
your home with natural simple products
36:12
every time you finish up one of the the
36:15
biggies look up the environmental
36:17
working group and look what you can buy
36:21
or make this homemade one here it's
36:23
pretty darn good starting out with
36:25
hydrogen peroxide and then you got a
36:27
half a cup of Cheapo vinegar good stuff
36:30
you don't have to use apple cider you
36:31
just white vinegar and a teaspoon of Dr
36:34
Broner's Castile soap 10 drops of tea
36:36
tree oil a little bit of antiseptic
36:38
there 20 drops of lavender essential oil
36:41
make it smell good and other things and
36:43
then two cups of water that's all it
36:46
takes to do most of our cleaning and
36:49
then some good elbow grease another
36:51
really important way is to exercise and
36:53
sweat I love a sauna um you know
36:57
sweating is a great way for those toxins
37:00
to just migrate out of your system I
37:02
love an infrared SAA blanket and we're
37:04
going to be carrying those at the shop
37:06
then the last thing a highquality
37:08
supplement that's going to support
37:10
detoxification I put together the
37:11
Heavenly cleanse at the shop that has
37:14
all the things in it I wanted to have to
37:17
help the liver detoxify because that's
37:19
how we do we get the nutrients and
37:21
that's how it's detoxified I have tons
37:25
of research articles
37:27
you know websites uh all that so if
37:30
you're interested just let me know but
37:32
thank you you know that was just what
37:35
flying through there and so I want to
37:37
thank you for joining me today on
37:40
learning about environmental toxins I
37:43
know it can be overwhelming and um I'm
37:46
sure you have lots of questions so in
37:48
the last few minutes here just put in
37:50
the chat and I'll see what comes up and
37:52
I'll get to them uh go ahead and put any
37:54
of those in there right now because
37:56
we're going to have about five or 10
37:58
minutes um that we will be able to cover
38:01
all those questions um you know toxity
38:05
toxicity could be the reason behind your
38:08
weight problems your sugar problems your
38:10
mood problems your cholesterol problems
38:13
obviously you know other hormone issues
38:17
thyroid estrogen testosterone
38:19
progesterone you know all of the
38:21
hormones you know not just the insulin
38:24
and the blood sugar but things that
38:25
could be Brewing that you may not have
38:27
till next year but by acting now you're
38:31
going to clear out that Toxin and avoid
38:33
it all together it's what I love about
38:34
prevention you never know because you
38:37
avoided it the body is so resilient and
38:40
it does a good job of healing there's so
38:43
many different mechanisms that the good
38:45
Lord has built in there to help us clear
38:48
these out so many you know it we do have
38:51
a lot in our environment but you give
38:53
the body a fighting chance and it does a
38:56
great job and my wish for you is to be
38:58
able to live a long and healthy life
39:00
vital and toxins are capable of robbing
39:04
you and your family of a long and happy
39:07
life feeling fantastic having a
39:10
wonderful Health span to go with the LIF
39:13
span a lot of you may want to run that
39:15
toxin panel I highly recommend it and I
39:19
got you you know it was it was a
39:21
revelation when I did that and so I am
39:24
going to um make sure you can have that
39:27
because if you don't test you don't know
39:29
and in today's world you cannot be an
39:32
ostrich if you ignore it I truly believe
39:37
you are putting yourself and your loved
39:39
ones in unnecessary Peril and you know
39:43
you may think that sounds really kind of
39:45
out there but no it's not you know I
39:48
wish we could count on our government to
39:49
protect us in Europe they have banned
39:53
over 1,200 cosmetic
39:55
chemicals us is baned
39:59
30 you know so anybody who's
40:02
registered I'm going to get send you
40:04
your own personal link so you can order
40:07
your own detox panel for mold for fungus
40:10
for heavy metals and all the
40:12
environmental toxins that we commonly
40:15
come uh become exposed to and there's
40:18
even a test this is pretty cool that
40:20
combines the toxin panel with the
40:22
nutritional panel bam you know you talk
40:25
about personal ized approach to your
40:28
health it that's it I mean you're you're
40:30
going to find out what nutrients that
40:33
you need to bump yourself up on and this
40:36
also comes with a personal consultation
40:38
so we can get the right appropriate safe
40:42
detox um strategy to get going you know
40:46
don't worry the body is designed to
40:48
clear these toxins out but we have to
40:50
give it a half a chance you know so if
40:53
this webinar has wetted your appetite to
40:57
know more so that you can protect
40:59
yourself and your family you know
41:03
you you want to know more I'm sure
41:06
because this is not is nowhere near a
41:08
full list of all the toxins and you can
41:11
go to my website and get all my podcasts
41:13
in the last couple of months it's going
41:15
to go through different aspects of the
41:16
toxins and you know you can go to de.com
41:19
it's going to have them all there you
41:21
can learn so much more and if you're
41:23
really wanting to kickart your health T
41:26
to hi gear I am developing a six-month
41:30
long one-on-one worldclass longevity and
41:33
health program that is really designed
41:36
to transform lives first step is testing
41:40
so we know what's brewing in your system
41:44
that could hijack your life in the
41:46
coming months or years to come don't
41:49
want that so okay now I'm going to go to
41:53
the chat and um like I said we'll have
41:57
lots of questions we can answer if I
41:59
can't get to all of them I
42:07
will
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Are Environmental Toxins Ruining Your Health?
Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Nov 22, 2023
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Environmental toxins are everywhere but there are simple ways we can learn to avoid many of them so that we increase our ability to live long and healthfully. Some of these manmade toxins are endocrine disruptors that hijack our thyroid, testosterone, estrogen and even our blood sugar regulating hormones. Learn more and order the test so you will personally know your level of toxicity.