#phthalates — Public Fediverse posts
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Immersion in a hot toxic soup
From humans, wildlife and invertebrates: Simultaneous exposure of toxins and climate harms likely to cause reduced fertility
An " ‘alarming’ effect on fertility across global species from simultaneous exposures."
"The chemicals are ubiquitous in consumer goods, so humans are often regularly exposed."
“There is enough evidence in both areas to act to reduce our impact on the planet...The solution to the systemic problems would involve reining in climate change and reducing the use of toxic chemicals." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/26/toxic-exposure-climate-crisis-study
#biodiversity #immersion #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #toxins #plastic #ForeverChemicals #pollution #WesternCountries #harm #ToxicChemicals #Pfas #organochlorines #pyrethroids #Phthalates #ConsumerGoods #ClimateHarms #habitability #HealthHazards -
Test of 31 #Shein items found 25 (81%) exceeded #EU REACH limits.
High levels of #phthalates (in 18/22 items, up to 70× limit), #PFAS (9/11 items, up to 3,115×), and #HeavyMetals (cadmium up to 126 mg/kg, lead up to 2,110 mg/kg).
Risks: skin contact, ingestion (children), environmental contamination.
Shein says it removes flagged items; @greenpeace calls for stricter enforcement and platform liability.
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These #kitchen items may be contaminating your #food with #chemicals
See the thousands of #plastic chemicals in what we #eat.
When Americans eat a burger, they aren’t just biting through bun, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Instead, the burger — or its packaging, or the utensil used to cook it — also likely contains a blend of chemicals scientists believe harm human health. #PFAS. #Phthalates. #BPA. Flame retardants.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2025/food-plastic-chemicals-pfas-bpa/
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Chemical exposure from ultra-#ProcessedFoods may contribute to health issues
Shannon Kelleher, May 16, 2025
"Toxic synthetic chemicals that migrate into ultra-processed foods from packaging, processing equipment and other sources may explain why these foods are so bad for our health, according to a new review article.
"In addition to the foods’ poor nutritional value, these chemicals represent an 'underappreciated and understudied' explanation for the link between ultra-processed foods and health problems such as obesity and other chronic diseases, the authors conclude in the article, published Friday in the journal Nature Medicine.
" 'The more (ultra-)processed a foodstuff, the greater its burden of synthetic chemicals generally is,; the authors wrote.
"Ultra-processed foods such as #candies, #HotDogs and #PackagedSoups are industrially made and contain many added ingredients not found in home kitchens, such as #stabilizers and added colors and flavors.
"Thousands of harmful substances including #bisphenols (such as #BPA), #phthalates, #microplastics (tiny plastic particles) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS) can leach into industrially produced foods during production, as well as from containers in which the foods are stored and while heating them up before they are eaten, according to the article. Emerging research suggests that even the 'normal and intended use' of plastic materials that come into contact with foods along their journey to our plates can contaminate these products, the authors wrote.
"Research increasingly shows that some of the same synthetic chemicals found in ultra-processed foods, as well as drinking water and other sources, are prevalent in our bodies. About 98% of the US population has PFAS in their blood, while microplastics and even smaller plastic particles (nanoplastics) accumulate in 'just about every portion of your body…no organ is spared, really,' Dr. Sanjay Rajagopalan, director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Case Western Reserve University, said during a May 15 webinar hosted by the group Beyond Plastics. Plastic particles have been found in everything from the placenta to the brain, lungs and heart, he said.
"In a 2024 study, Rajagopalan and colleagues found a link between microplastics in the arteries and risks for heart attacks and strokes.
" 'The particles looked quite nasty,' he said. 'They were jagged particles with sharp edges, very similar to cholesterol.' "
#ProcessedFood #PlasticFoodContainers #PlasticWrap #Preservatives #FoodSafety #ToxicChemicals #FoodIsLife #FoodDeserts #GrowYourOwn #CommunityGardens #EatFresh #DowChemical
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Common household #plastics linked to thousands of global deaths from #heartdisease, #researchstudy finds | CNN
CNN
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Synthetic chemicals called #phthalates, found in consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children’s toys, may have contributed to more than 10% of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018 among men and women ages 55 through 64, a new study found.“Phthalates contribute to inflammation and systemic #inflammation in the coronary arteries, which can accelerate existing disease and lead to acute events including mortality,” said senior author Dr. Leonardo Trasande, a professor of pediatrics and population health at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine. He also is director of NYU Langone’s Division of Environmental Pediatrics and Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards.
#plastics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/29/health/phthalates-heart-disease-wellness/index.html -
Multiple studies have proven the impact of #endocrine #disruptors, e.g. #phthalates and #parabens, on #thyroid #homeostasis. It was unknown, however, that these effects depend on whether or not the included persons are fasting.
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One in 10 #prematurebirths in the #UnitedStates have been linked to #pregnantwomen being exposed to #chemicals in extremely common #plastic products, a large study said on Wednesday. The chemicals, called #phthalates, are used to soften plastic and can be found in thousands of consumer items including #plastic #containers and wrapping, #beauty careproducts and #toys. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-premature-births-linked-plastic-chemicals.html #publichealth #environmentallaw
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Wool can be made without killing animals. I think we need to go back to using #hemp, #wood and #wool -- and less synthetics. But most of all, make furniture and rugs that last -- so generation after generation can use them!
What You Need to Know About #OffGassing
Even after an install, a project’s furnishings and finishes can leach harmful chemicals into the air for years through a process called off-gassing. Here’s how you can combat it.
by Audrey Gray
"'Okay, I want to tell you about some things,' she recalls telling her client, going on to carefully explain the dangers inherent in both flooring choices—primarily the health impacts of chemical inhalants. Not only would these #chemicals flood a home during the installation of new #carpet or #vinyl planks, but they would continue to gradually leach into the air for years to come—a more subtle (but dangerous) process referred to as off-gassing. Thompson didn’t want her client’s family exposed to a vapor stew of chemicals every day, least of all in the yoga space, where the whole point was to breathe deeply while near the floor.
"She offered her client some carefully sourced options such as an all-wool carpet with a natural #rubber pad, and advocated for solid, #sustainably sourced wood downstairs instead of a composite of plastics. 'I thought she’d be excited,' Thompson says. 'But because of her beliefs about animal rights, I learned that wool wasn’t acceptable to her…and there were price point issues too. I thought, ‘Wow, this is a whole new level I hadn’t encountered.’”
"Welcome to what materials experts call 'one of the most complicated issues in health and wellness,' the murky and unregulated (at least in the U.S.—Europe is much stricter) relationships humans have with thousands of airborne #toxins emanating from our building materials, #furnishings, #CleaningProducts, #CarInteriors, #iPads, and even #candles.
"'Nobody’s telling you what is coming from all those vapors mixing in the air,' says Jillian Pritchard Cooke, the founder of Wellness Within Your Walls, an education consultancy focused on dramatically reducing the dangers of off-gassing in the built environment. 'It’s up to us to understand the individual effects each chemical can have on your #NervousSystem, your #lungs, and your cellular makeup. We need to be doing right by our clients.'
"Designers have, of course, been aware of the dangers of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) for a long time, and have helped influence some wins in the marketplace, like the rising popularity of low- or no-VOC paints and the 2015 ban Home Depot and Lowe’s instituted in 2015 on toxic #phthalates (a class of industrial chemicals that help make plastic bendy) in flooring.
"But the problem endures, and unfortunately, many of the worst effects of VOCs—showing up in health conditions—accumulate over long periods of time.
"One of the best arguments for incorporating #vintage pieces in design, apart from saving space in landfills and decreasing carbon emissions, is that they are far safer from an off-gassing perspective. #Recycling building materials (for instance, saving the doors during a retrofit) helps too."
#Recycle #Repair #Reuse
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@rahmstorf Although I am not particularly interested in #fertility research, I found this text well worth my time.
It's a story of how one curious mind became a scientific troublemaker who studied the toxicity of #pesticides, #phthalates and #bisphenol compounds although the chemical industry tried hard to stop her.
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@rahmstorf Although I am not particularly interested in #fertility research, I found this text well worth my time.
It's a story of how one curious mind became a scientific troublemaker who studied the toxicity of #pesticides, #phthalates and #bisphenol compounds although the chemical industry tried hard to stop her.
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@rahmstorf Although I am not particularly interested in #fertility research, I found this text well worth my time.
It's a story of how one curious mind became a scientific troublemaker who studied the toxicity of #pesticides, #phthalates and #bisphenol compounds although the chemical industry tried hard to stop her.
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@rahmstorf Although I am not particularly interested in #fertility research, I found this text well worth my time.
It's a story of how one curious mind became a scientific troublemaker who studied the toxicity of #pesticides, #phthalates and #bisphenol compounds although the chemical industry tried hard to stop her.
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@rahmstorf Although I am not particularly interested in #fertility research, I found this text well worth my time.
It's a story of how one curious mind became a scientific troublemaker who studied the toxicity of #pesticides, #phthalates and #bisphenol compounds although the chemical industry tried hard to stop her.