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>>> WELCOME BACK. HERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE
PRODUCTS YOU USE?
FROM SKINCARE TO HOUSEHOLD
ITEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS ARE
EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE. THEY DO IMPACT OUR HEALTH.
DOCTOR LAURA IS A FERTILITY
SPECIALIST AND SHE IS ALSO THE
AUTHOR OF NOT BROKEN, AND
APPROACHABLE GUIDE TO
MISCARRIAGE AND PREGNANCY LOSS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BEFORE ABOUT HOW THESE THINGS
IMPACT FERTILITY, BUT WHAT TO
ME -- DO WE MEAN WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
TOXINS?
TOXINS?
TOXINS? >> IN GENERAL THEY ARE CHEMICALS
, SOMETHING MAN-MADE.
>> SO BPA AND PHTHALATES, WHAT
ARE THEY?
ARE THEY?
ARE THEY? >> BPA IS A PRODUCT THAT WAS
ACTUALLY MADE IN THE LATE 1800S
AND USED AS A SYNTHETIC
ESTROGEN.
ESTROGEN.
ESTROGEN. THEN IT WAS PUT ON THE SHELF
AND REDISCOVERED THE 1950s AS A
GREAT EPOXY RESIN TO MAKE
PLASTICS MORE FLEXIBLE.
PHTHALATES ARE KIND OF THE SAME
THING, DEVELOPED IN THE TURN-OF-
THE-CENTURY AND USED IN A LOT
OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY
BEAUTY PRODUCTS, TO INCREASE
THE SHELF LIFE.
>> WHAT IS THE HARM?
>> BOTH OF THESE AND A LOT OF
THE CHEMICALS WE ARE EXPOSED TO
ARE CALLED ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS,
SO THEY ATTACHED TO OUR
RECEPTORS AND KIND OF ACT LIKE
ESTROGENS AND TESTOSTERONE'S
AND OTHER HORMONES AND THEY
REALLY DISRUPT SOME OF THE
NATURAL ACTIONS IN OUR BODY.
>> WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU ARE
FINDING?
FINDING?
FINDING? WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN,
LIKE WHAT KINDS OF FERTILITY
ISSUES?
ISSUES?
ISSUES? >> THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
STUDIES ON ANIMAL LEVELS AND
HUMAN LEVELS.
HUMAN LEVELS. THESE LEVELS ARE HIGHER IN WOMEN
WITH POOR AIR QUALITY, POROUS
-- POOR SPERM QUALITY, YOU CAN
PICK IT APART AND FIND IT IN
ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
FERTILITY, BUT OTHER ASPECTS OF
HEALTH, TOO.
HEALTH, TOO. NOT JUST FERTILITY.
OBESITY, PEOPLE ARE WHO ARE
OBESE HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF
BPA'S IN THEIR SYSTEM.
IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES
WHICH IS A HUGE ENDOCRINE
DISORDER.
DISORDER.
DISORDER. EVEN CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH.
IT'S BEEN IMPLICATED IN A LOT
OF DIFFERENT HEALTH ISSUES.
>> WHAT WAS INTERESTING WHEN WE
WERE TALKING THAT THIS IS THE
DIFFERENCE IN REGULATIONS HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES VERSUS AND
EUROPE.
EUROPE.
EUROPE. HOW MANY CHEMICALS ARE BANNED
FROM BEAUTY PRODUCTS IN EUROPE?
>> 1300.
>> 1300.
>> 1300. >> AND HOW MANY HERE IN THE
U.S.?
U.S.?
U.S.? >>
U.S.? >> 11.
>> 11.
>> 11. >>
>> 11. >> THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG
THERE, WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> LAST TIME THERE WAS A LAW
THAT WAS PASSED THAT LIMITED
CHEMICALS IN BEAUTY PRODUCTS IS
1938 AND IT'S JUST A VERY
DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY.
DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY. IN GENERAL WE SORT OF TAKE IT
ON BIG BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT
TO PROTECT US AND WE ARE SORT
OF VERY TRUSTING AND I THINK
THE FEELING IS WE WANT TO STEP
BACK A LITTLE BIT AND NOT
INTERFERE TOO MUCH AND BIG
BUSINESS, THAT THEY WILL TAKE
CARE OF US AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
HEALTHY.
HEALTHY.
HEALTHY. >> WHAT CAN WE DO?>> JUST LEARN
AND EDUCATE YOURSELF, AND THE
FIRST TIME THAT I REALLY OPENED
MY EYES TO THIS WHEN I WAS
RESEARCHING FOR MY WRITING, I
REALLY GOT OVERWHELMED.
>> IT FEELS OVERWHELMING.
>> I CAN READ SCIENTIFIC
STUDIES AND I CAN CERTAINLY SEE
IT ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS
AND IT IS VERY OVERWHELMING,
BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE A
DEEP BREATH AND TAKE IT ONE
PRODUCT AT A TIME.
I THINK A LOT OF WOMEN ARE
REALLY OPENED TO IT WHEN
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SAFE
PRODUCTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN,
BUT IT JUST IMPACTS US ON SO
MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS AND YOU
CAN'T JUST START THEN.
WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF YOUR
SHAMPOO, JUST LOOK AT WHAT YOU
HAVE AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF
WONDERFUL RESOURCES, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP, EW
D -- EWG.ORG. WHEN YOU RUN OUT
OF SOMETHING OR YOU ARE BUYING
STOCKING STUFFERS, INC.
ABOUT IT ONE PRODUCT AT A TIME.
>> WE DO HAVE THE KEYWORD
TOXINS, IF YOU TEXT THAT WE
WILL SEND YOU A LINK. THERE IS
A LOT BEING DONE IN WASHINGTON
STATE SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU CAN READ ABOUT THAT.
IT IS JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET
TOWARDS OUR HEALTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE