And with chemicals like phthalates, one might be more concerned that these are being added during production, processing, packaging, or preparation (I promise the alliteration was unintentional)!
Unfortunately this substack article and Nat’s research will never get the publicity of one of the lying articles with the scary headline because - like a lot of liberal progressive media - it doesn’t fit the right narrative. If you really want to see the what the tort lawyers, activist groups and liberal elites want to do to America on this issue - look at the impact of California’s Proposition 65. This regulation that was voted in my California voters (with a misleading title on the ballot) has enriched law firms, activists and consultants all over California. The law’s premise is that we are all swimming in a sea of poisons and cancer-causing chemicals. This law has cost not only Californians millions but it impacts the cost of products all over American because products are not packaged and sold to just California. Even companies with products that have avoided the Prop 65 warning label have spent millions avoiding because the CA activists have gone after most US products in one way or another costing everyone millions.
How useful is a warning that has to be displayed on everything (and with no explanation)? I can tell you the fact that my rabbit’s favorite treats have a Prop 65 warning on them doesn’t affect his enjoyment of them one bit 🐇😉
It's interesting you take the impropateur of rigor, but then you casually make this very wild claim " maybe 1% of variance in your health outcomes could be explained by toxins in your food".
Plus we see other effects unrelated to obesity/sedentary lifestyle like an increased number of M->F trans people (who arguably have lower quality of life on average due to their condition), and girls going through puberty much earlier.
All this data is consistent with an increase is hormone-disrupters in the environment both in terms of temporal correlation and causal mechanism.
Low testosterone has subtle negative effects on health - higher anxiety, fatigue, erectile dysfunction, and more belly fat.
BPA is in receipts, cans, and disposable coffee cups. Almost all plastic bottles contain compounds nearly as bad as BPA. Phalates are in soaps, deoderants, sunscreen, and tons of plastic containers.
One of the worse culprits is black plastic frozen food containers that are heated.. or those black plastic "cups" that hold coffee pods in hotels coffee makers...
PFAS chemicals are in nearly everything - clothes, fry pans, . Once PFAS chemicals are absorbed into the body it sticks around in fat for a very long time (the half life has been estimated to be on the order of years). Many PFAS are hormone disrupters
The list of common exposures goes on and on...
Yes the amounts are low, but estrogen-mimicking chemicals are in everything. I would not casually dismiss the possible scope of the issue here.
Ok - l will stop worrying about toxins in my food, and will definitely drive less.
And with chemicals like phthalates, one might be more concerned that these are being added during production, processing, packaging, or preparation (I promise the alliteration was unintentional)!
Awesome.
Unfortunately this substack article and Nat’s research will never get the publicity of one of the lying articles with the scary headline because - like a lot of liberal progressive media - it doesn’t fit the right narrative. If you really want to see the what the tort lawyers, activist groups and liberal elites want to do to America on this issue - look at the impact of California’s Proposition 65. This regulation that was voted in my California voters (with a misleading title on the ballot) has enriched law firms, activists and consultants all over California. The law’s premise is that we are all swimming in a sea of poisons and cancer-causing chemicals. This law has cost not only Californians millions but it impacts the cost of products all over American because products are not packaged and sold to just California. Even companies with products that have avoided the Prop 65 warning label have spent millions avoiding because the CA activists have gone after most US products in one way or another costing everyone millions.
How useful is a warning that has to be displayed on everything (and with no explanation)? I can tell you the fact that my rabbit’s favorite treats have a Prop 65 warning on them doesn’t affect his enjoyment of them one bit 🐇😉
The title of your post is spot on. Thanks for clarity and good sense.
Great work on this.
Thank you for this. I hope the Chicken Littles are reading it.
It's interesting you take the impropateur of rigor, but then you casually make this very wild claim " maybe 1% of variance in your health outcomes could be explained by toxins in your food".
I don't buy it at all..
Even among non-obese males there has been a significant decrease in testosterone over the years. See https://elicit.com/notebook/a83ed70f-2ae4-4db0-afe6-bc9e8be49796
Plus we see other effects unrelated to obesity/sedentary lifestyle like an increased number of M->F trans people (who arguably have lower quality of life on average due to their condition), and girls going through puberty much earlier.
All this data is consistent with an increase is hormone-disrupters in the environment both in terms of temporal correlation and causal mechanism.
Low testosterone has subtle negative effects on health - higher anxiety, fatigue, erectile dysfunction, and more belly fat.
BPA is in receipts, cans, and disposable coffee cups. Almost all plastic bottles contain compounds nearly as bad as BPA. Phalates are in soaps, deoderants, sunscreen, and tons of plastic containers.
One of the worse culprits is black plastic frozen food containers that are heated.. or those black plastic "cups" that hold coffee pods in hotels coffee makers...
PFAS chemicals are in nearly everything - clothes, fry pans, . Once PFAS chemicals are absorbed into the body it sticks around in fat for a very long time (the half life has been estimated to be on the order of years). Many PFAS are hormone disrupters
The list of common exposures goes on and on...
Yes the amounts are low, but estrogen-mimicking chemicals are in everything. I would not casually dismiss the possible scope of the issue here.