Comments on: Protect Yourself From Personal-Care Products http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/ The View from North 59th Street Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Fussbucket http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Fussbucket Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:35:29 +0000 http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/#comment-201 Thanks. It's good to know that if you try to minimize your exposure to BPA and phthalates (could that word be any weirder?) that your body gets rid of them. But it's still a grim story. Thanks. It’s good to know that if you try to minimize your exposure to BPA and phthalates (could that word be any weirder?) that your body gets rid of them. But it’s still a grim story.

]]> By: Susan McGrath http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Susan McGrath Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:33:56 +0000 http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/#comment-199 Hey Fussbucket, the Girlfriend here. I asked Erika Shreder, sr scientist at Washington Toxics Coalition and here's what she says: "The answer is – it depends on the chemical. BPA and phthalates both are relatively short-lived in our bodies, so reducing exposure has a quick result. Other chemicals, such as PCBs, PBDEs, PFCs, and mercury last longer in the body. So your burden would still diminish over time if you were somehow able to stop exposure, but over a much longer period of time. The problem with both classes is that we basically can’t stop exposure as long as these chemicals are in products. Even the women in our study who were trying very hard to avoid exposures still had the chemicals in their bodies. So we really need policymakers to step up and ensure that only safe chemicals are used in products." Here's a link to Erika's latest study: http://www.watoxics.org/publications/earliest-exposures Hey Fussbucket, the Girlfriend here.

I asked Erika Shreder, sr scientist at Washington Toxics Coalition and here’s what she says:

“The answer is – it depends on the chemical. BPA and phthalates both are relatively short-lived in our bodies, so reducing exposure has a quick result. Other chemicals, such as PCBs, PBDEs, PFCs, and mercury last longer in the body. So your burden would still diminish over time if you were somehow able to stop exposure, but over a much longer period of time.

The problem with both classes is that we basically can’t stop exposure as long as these chemicals are in products. Even the women in our study who were trying very hard to avoid exposures still had the chemicals in their bodies. So we really need policymakers to step up and ensure that only safe chemicals are used in products.”

Here’s a link to Erika’s latest study:

http://www.watoxics.org/publications/earliest-exposures

]]> By: Fussbucket http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Fussbucket Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:54:22 +0000 http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/#comment-198 Excellent article. Thanks for posting Joel. I have a question for your girlfriend. If people stop using products with these nasty chemicals, do our bodies get rid of what's already there? Excellent article. Thanks for posting Joel. I have a question for your girlfriend. If people stop using products with these nasty chemicals, do our bodies get rid of what’s already there?

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