Health Issues

A group of international scientists from the U.S. and EU have released a peer-reviewed pilot study that suggests the anogenital distance of baby girls is becoming more male-typical, due to their mothers being exposed to glyphosate when they are in the womb.

In Connecticut, a condo had lead in its drinking water at levels more than double what the federal government deems acceptable. At a church in North Carolina, the water was contaminated with extremely high levels of potentially toxic PFAS chemicals (a group of compounds found in hundreds of household products). The water flowing into a Texas home had both – and concerning amounts of arsenic too.

Soon after the pandemic started over a year ago, Americans started joking about the dreaded “quarantine 15,” worried they might gain weight while shut in homes with stockpiles of food, glued to computer screens and binge-watching Netflix.

Exposure to phthalates can impair brain development, increasing children’s risk of learning, attention and behavioral disorders. Prenatal exposure to phthalates has been linked to problem behaviors such as an increased likelihood of delinquent behaviors and more aggressive behaviors, along with reductions in child perceptual reasoning, lowered IQ, anxiety and poorer working memory