Journalist NENA BAKER discusses the hazardous chemicals increasingly present in everyday products--pizza boxes, butcher paper, microwave popcorn bags, dental floss, tin cans, clothing, upholstery, you name it. She focuses on a group of chemicals known as "endocrine disrupters" or "hormone mimics." These chemicals are doing serious harm to our bodies, and government agencies lack the power to regulate their use. There's some hope, though. She spoke in Seattle on April 1, 2010.
Bakers talk is based on her recent book, The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being (http://www.thebodytoxic.com/).
I have slightly condensed the talk, which was originally broadcast on Mike McCormicks "Mind Over Matters" in Seattle (www.talkingsticktv.org). The uncut version is here: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/44608 . Thanks again to Mike.
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http://www.thebodytoxic.com/
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