Dr. Cindy Geyer

Phthalates tend to be embedded with fragrances to make things smell pleasing to us. So we put them on our bodies and those are also endocrine disrupting chemicals.

Phthalates tend to be embedded with fragrances to make things smell pleasing to us. So we put them on our bodies and those are also endocrine disrupting chemicals.

That's a great question, Mark. In studies that are trying to tease out how they influence our health, they often look at urinary levels to see how much people are exposed to. It's a little bit challenging, however, because it turns out that all of us show evidence of exposure to these chemicals.

That's a great question, Mark. In studies that are trying to tease out how they influence our health, they often look at urinary levels to see how much people are exposed to. It's a little bit challenging, however, because it turns out that all of us show evidence of exposure to these chemicals.

That's a great question, Mark. In studies that are trying to tease out how they influence our health, they often look at urinary levels to see how much people are exposed to. It's a little bit challenging, however, because it turns out that all of us show evidence of exposure to these chemicals.

So it's a little bit hard to know what to do with measurements other than trying to do it from a scientific standpoint, say, do the levels track with health outcomes? In clinical practice, I have not done that. I don't know if you found it helpful or not. And when I was first looking at it, we ended up coming back to the same recommendations anyway.

So it's a little bit hard to know what to do with measurements other than trying to do it from a scientific standpoint, say, do the levels track with health outcomes? In clinical practice, I have not done that. I don't know if you found it helpful or not. And when I was first looking at it, we ended up coming back to the same recommendations anyway.

So it's a little bit hard to know what to do with measurements other than trying to do it from a scientific standpoint, say, do the levels track with health outcomes? In clinical practice, I have not done that. I don't know if you found it helpful or not. And when I was first looking at it, we ended up coming back to the same recommendations anyway.

We need to reduce exposure and find ways to support your body's getting rid of them.

We need to reduce exposure and find ways to support your body's getting rid of them.

We need to reduce exposure and find ways to support your body's getting rid of them.

Yeah, I think that's really important to understand that there are critical windows or critical timeframes, but it's even more important to reduce exposure. And one of those classic timeframes is when a woman is pregnant. Even little bits of exposures in utero may affect the fetus, and then those impacts persist into adolescence.

Yeah, I think that's really important to understand that there are critical windows or critical timeframes, but it's even more important to reduce exposure. And one of those classic timeframes is when a woman is pregnant. Even little bits of exposures in utero may affect the fetus, and then those impacts persist into adolescence.

Yeah, I think that's really important to understand that there are critical windows or critical timeframes, but it's even more important to reduce exposure. And one of those classic timeframes is when a woman is pregnant. Even little bits of exposures in utero may affect the fetus, and then those impacts persist into adolescence.

A study a few years ago, what they did, a lot of the data has to be correlative, but they measured urinary levels of phthalates and parabens in women. two different points in their pregnancy. And then when their babies were born, they tracked them for nine, 10, 11 years.

A study a few years ago, what they did, a lot of the data has to be correlative, but they measured urinary levels of phthalates and parabens in women. two different points in their pregnancy. And then when their babies were born, they tracked them for nine, 10, 11 years.

A study a few years ago, what they did, a lot of the data has to be correlative, but they measured urinary levels of phthalates and parabens in women. two different points in their pregnancy. And then when their babies were born, they tracked them for nine, 10, 11 years.

And they found that higher levels of phthalates and parabens in the urine, the daughters of women with those higher levels ended up going into puberty earlier, which now that doesn't prove cause and effect, but you know, sometimes you can't ethically design a study. And when we see research like that, that it does correlate with endocrine challenges down the road, We have to take that seriously.

And they found that higher levels of phthalates and parabens in the urine, the daughters of women with those higher levels ended up going into puberty earlier, which now that doesn't prove cause and effect, but you know, sometimes you can't ethically design a study. And when we see research like that, that it does correlate with endocrine challenges down the road, We have to take that seriously.

And they found that higher levels of phthalates and parabens in the urine, the daughters of women with those higher levels ended up going into puberty earlier, which now that doesn't prove cause and effect, but you know, sometimes you can't ethically design a study. And when we see research like that, that it does correlate with endocrine challenges down the road, We have to take that seriously.