Dr. Yvonne Burkart
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This study is literally groundbreaking in that there's a long-held belief in common culture as well as through the cosmetic industry itself that beauty and personal care products don't contribute to our toxic load. They don't contribute adversely to our health and they don't increase rates or risk of disease. This study basically completely shut that down.
This study is literally groundbreaking in that there's a long-held belief in common culture as well as through the cosmetic industry itself that beauty and personal care products don't contribute to our toxic load. They don't contribute adversely to our health and they don't increase rates or risk of disease. This study basically completely shut that down.
This study is literally groundbreaking in that there's a long-held belief in common culture as well as through the cosmetic industry itself that beauty and personal care products don't contribute to our toxic load. They don't contribute adversely to our health and they don't increase rates or risk of disease. This study basically completely shut that down.
For the first time, we have been able to see exactly what certain ingredients are doing in the humans, in the human model. Because we ethically cannot study chemicals in humans. We can't subject people to toxic chemicals and see what happens. That typically happens in animals. Unfortunately, a lot of these chemicals are being released into our personal care products, into our consumer goods.
For the first time, we have been able to see exactly what certain ingredients are doing in the humans, in the human model. Because we ethically cannot study chemicals in humans. We can't subject people to toxic chemicals and see what happens. That typically happens in animals. Unfortunately, a lot of these chemicals are being released into our personal care products, into our consumer goods.
For the first time, we have been able to see exactly what certain ingredients are doing in the humans, in the human model. Because we ethically cannot study chemicals in humans. We can't subject people to toxic chemicals and see what happens. That typically happens in animals. Unfortunately, a lot of these chemicals are being released into our personal care products, into our consumer goods.
And it isn't until after decades of use that we start to see correlations and associations with disease. And this study basically asked 41 women to switch out their beauty and personal care products for a very short time, for 28 days, just 28 days.
And it isn't until after decades of use that we start to see correlations and associations with disease. And this study basically asked 41 women to switch out their beauty and personal care products for a very short time, for 28 days, just 28 days.
And it isn't until after decades of use that we start to see correlations and associations with disease. And this study basically asked 41 women to switch out their beauty and personal care products for a very short time, for 28 days, just 28 days.
Switch out your beauty and personal care products and stick to a list of approved products that does not contain parabens, phthalates, and other phenols, which are endocrine disruptors. Just to give you a background on endocrine disruptors, these are chemicals that are xenoestrogens that interact with estrogen receptors in the body.
Switch out your beauty and personal care products and stick to a list of approved products that does not contain parabens, phthalates, and other phenols, which are endocrine disruptors. Just to give you a background on endocrine disruptors, these are chemicals that are xenoestrogens that interact with estrogen receptors in the body.
Switch out your beauty and personal care products and stick to a list of approved products that does not contain parabens, phthalates, and other phenols, which are endocrine disruptors. Just to give you a background on endocrine disruptors, these are chemicals that are xenoestrogens that interact with estrogen receptors in the body.
They can cause a host of health issues ranging from cancer, infertility, miscarriage, cognitive decline, and so much more. when these women switched out their products. So what they did was they took measurements by injecting the breasts of these really, really brave participants. They took breast cancer cells, measured breast cancer genes before and after the intervention.
They can cause a host of health issues ranging from cancer, infertility, miscarriage, cognitive decline, and so much more. when these women switched out their products. So what they did was they took measurements by injecting the breasts of these really, really brave participants. They took breast cancer cells, measured breast cancer genes before and after the intervention.
They can cause a host of health issues ranging from cancer, infertility, miscarriage, cognitive decline, and so much more. when these women switched out their products. So what they did was they took measurements by injecting the breasts of these really, really brave participants. They took breast cancer cells, measured breast cancer genes before and after the intervention.
So the intervention, like I said, was very simple. Only switch out your beauty and personal care products, avoiding certain ingredients, parabens, phthalates, and phenols. After 28 days, they saw a significant reduction in breast cancer gene expression which is huge. This is in humans.
So the intervention, like I said, was very simple. Only switch out your beauty and personal care products, avoiding certain ingredients, parabens, phthalates, and phenols. After 28 days, they saw a significant reduction in breast cancer gene expression which is huge. This is in humans.
So the intervention, like I said, was very simple. Only switch out your beauty and personal care products, avoiding certain ingredients, parabens, phthalates, and phenols. After 28 days, they saw a significant reduction in breast cancer gene expression which is huge. This is in humans.
So this is, we're not talking about rats that were subjected to extremely high doses, which is what you normally see. This is doses that you would see in products that are being sold on store shelves that people are using day in and day out as we speak. They have not been banned. They haven't been outlawed. They are still very much prevalent in the marketplace.
So this is, we're not talking about rats that were subjected to extremely high doses, which is what you normally see. This is doses that you would see in products that are being sold on store shelves that people are using day in and day out as we speak. They have not been banned. They haven't been outlawed. They are still very much prevalent in the marketplace.