Everyday Toxins and Infertility
Dr Erin Westaway, ND One of the most overlooked factors in the conventional fertility world is the impact environmental toxicity has on a couple’s ability to reproduce. Frequently, the couples who come into my office looking for support with fertility have no known reason to explain their difficulty getting pregnant. Sometimes they’ve already had a […]
Healthy Home Remodeling Tips
Node Smith, ND Looking for Ways to Greenmodel Your Home? The Environmental Working Group (EWG) posted a great resource this week on choosing green building materials when remodeling your home. Building supplies are often sources of toxins which can be found in woods as a preservative, solvents, glues and paint; formaldehyde is found in particle […]
1,4 Dioxane in Your Personal Care Products and Why You Should Care
I’ve written about the Environmental Working Group (EWG) before. A wonderful organization which strives to inform the public about toxic exposure in products and the environment, and lobby on our behalf. Their “Skin Deep” database looks at a plethora of various personal care products and rates them on their toxicity and danger to both the […]
EWG’s “Dirty Dozen” list for 2017
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released its 2017 “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen” lists. The EWG analyzes tests from the US Department of Agriculture to determine which types of conventionally produced fruits and vegetables are contaminated with the most, and the least pesticides and chemical residues. This year, it was found that about 70 percent […]