Month: January 2017

5 Toxic Chemicals in Personal Care Products to Avoid

by Coleen Murphy ND, LAc.   The average American woman uses 12 different personal care products daily and is exposed to 168 chemicals in the process according to the Environmental Working Group. Most of these chemicals have little to no research data on their safety, whether used alone or in combination with each other.   …

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Eating Organic and the New Dirty Dozen List

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The Environmental Working Group (EWG) just released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of the fruits and vegetables most contaminated with pesticide and herbicide residues. Studies reveal that conventional strawberries can have over 20 different chemicals found on them and spinach has more pesticide residue pound for pound than any other …

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