SOURCES XENEOSTROGENES - HIDDEN "KILLER" OF YOUR HEALTH. You should know everything!

Xenoestrogens are chemicals that get into the human body and are "masked" for female hormones - estrogens. They are contained in many objects and means, accumulate in the body and cause hormonal imbalance. Doctors confirm - in our time of hormonal abnormalities has become extremely much! This is one of the causes of "female" and "male" diseases, which now occur in half of the country's population; thyroid dysfunction; obesity; cancer, etc. Moreover, the influence of xenoestrogens can cause other chronic diseases that are present in most of the inhabitants of our planet.

Plastic bottles, dishes and other items. The most famous xenoestrogen is Bisphenol A, it is in bottles in which water is sold, and in another plastic container. Phthalates (also xenoestrogens) are found in cheap plastic and rubber toys. Another type of xenoestrogens is found in PVC products. Well, and so on.

Parabens. Yes, those that are contained in cosmetics and hygiene products.

Products. Moreover, they can get there:

a) from the packaging (not only plastic, but also tin cans, as they are covered from the inside with a layer of polymers),

b) from some food colors and preservatives.

c) from pesticides and means of chemical protection of plants from pests. And this is practically all food: cereals, legumes, vegetables and fruits, tea and coffee

d) from hormones that are used in animal husbandry (hormonal residues fall into meat, eggs, milk)

Building materials: paints, glues, varnishes, greases, etc.
Chlorine and surfactants used for the production of household chemicals.

That's why I always say that it's important to use natural cosmetics, ecological means for cleaning, eat ecologically clean food, that's why I write articles about ekoremont and tell about the safety of children's goods.

XENEOSTROGENS IN PLASTIC

And now let's talk about xenoestrogens in plastic and about how to protect ourselves from them:

1. Bisphenol A

The most common source is bisphenol A, which is contained in plastic bottles and containers labeled 3 (PVC) and 7 (PC)! Producers assure that bisphenol A comes from the plastic in the water only when you use the bottle REUSE - that is, drank the purchased water, and then again poured into this bottle something and drank again.

BUT! I found the data, where it is said that bisphenol A falls into already "packaged" water at temperature differences:

• When the bottles are heated in the sun or near heat sources
• When freezing and thawing water
  How do you know if a bottle of water was heated or frozen? NO! This is the trouble! For example, now I live temporarily in a rented apartment, there are no water filters installed, and we order the delivery of mountain water. In the winter, canisters were often delivered with huge pieces of ice. This is logical: while in the cold, water is brought from the warehouse to my home, it freezes. And for sure with any store water the same thing happens!
  In addition, bisphenol A is often found in the inner coating of cans. Even baby food.
  How to be?
  a) Rarely buy water, especially in winter and summer. Recruit a home in your reusable bottle of glass, metal or plastic labeled BPA-free (this means, without bisphenol-A). Install good filters.
  b) Buy water in the glass. Or, if you find it, in plastic labeled 2 and 5 (HDPE and PP) - they do not contain bisphenol. But I have never met the water in them yet.
  c) Do not heat plastic containers and dishes (only if it does not have a microwave icon - then you can).
  d) There are as little preserves in metal cans.

1. Phthalates in toys

Rubber children's toys - in them xenoestrogens are phthalates! These are plasticizers that are added during production. Terrible statistics were released by Greenpeace when he decided to check in the laboratory several toys bought in Russia and the CIS: phthalates were found in ALL samples! Even in the one on which stood the marking "without phthalates." And in some the content of these substances was above the norm of 200-300 times!

Parents know that children are constantly gnawing toys (rubber is especially nice to scratch the gums!), Sleep with them, bathe and do nothing. With this use, phthalates can not help getting into the body. And already from the diaper the baby's hormonal system starts to work incorrectly! And in fact doctors recently so often began to diagnose infertility in boys, menstruation disorders and the formation of the reproductive system in girls, insulin resistance and diabetes in both of them ...

What to do?

a) Buy as little as possible rubber and plastic toys.
b) Give preference to toys made of natural materials (wood, textiles, etc.), but there are also pitfalls. Find my post about safe toys in the tag # eco-blog_mama in the Instagram or link: http://myecoblog.ru/ without- rubrics / bezopasnye-i-ekologichnye-igrushki.html)
c) If you want rubber or plastic products - find those that are made in Europe or the US by a serious brand. There phthalates in toys are prohibited.
3 PVC

The damage to PVC, of ​​which many have heard, is largely explained by the content of xenoestrogens.
From PVC are made the same toys, and still sometimes food containers, all stretch ceilings and frames of double-glazed windows. Yes, we do not closely contact stretch ceilings, but the nuance is different: in the kitchen, for example, all the time the temperature and humidity change, and already those xenobiotics can be released from PVC. Approximately the same happens with window frames of inadequate quality. Sometimes there are pieces of furniture and interior from the same kind of plastic.
What to do?
a) Minimize the use of PVC in your daily life.
b) If there is a need to purchase PVC products - for example, window profiles - to find products with eco-labeling type 1 (in Russia this is the "Leaf of Life" http://ecounion.ru).
✏All these recommendations will help you reduce the damage from plastic and protect your health. Alas, not only plastics contain xenoestrogens. In the following articles, I will tell you more about food, cosmetics and other products containing these dangerous substances.
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