Sentences with phrase «reproductive toxins»

A panel set up by the NIH's Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction — responsible for a preliminary BPA report released earlier this year that was drafted by a consulting firm with financial ties to the chemical industry — will convene next week to decide whether to declare the chemical a human reproductive toxin.

Its website offers maternity wear from brands that «avoid ingredients identified as reproductive toxins (phthalates, for example), carcinogens, or teratogens (substances that cause or contribute to birth defects).»

During the manufacturing process, carcinogens and reproductive toxins such as benzene are released into the environment.

«Companies would rather quietly reformulate their products than have consumers know there are carcinogens or reproductive toxins in the product.»

BPA has been classified as a female reproductive toxin and is known to be particularly hazardous when ingested by pregnant women.

Cosmetics companies, including Estée Lauder, Revlon, and Avon, are some of the worst offenders, touting rosy - hued wares that include known reproductive toxins, hormone - disrupting chemicals, and carcinogens.

If BPA is labeled a human reproductive toxin, however, you can bet that we'll soon witness a significant decline in the use of plastics unless measures are taken to replace the chemical with something more benign.

6 of these compounds are known or probable carcinogens, 16 are suspected to mess up the delicate balance of our hormones, 7 are neurotoxins, and 6 are developmental or reproductive toxins.

For instance, the database shows that conventionally grown collard greens likely contains residues of some 46 different chemicals including nine known / probable carcinogens, 25 suspected hormone disruptors, 10 neurotoxins and eight developmental / reproductive toxins — not to mention 25 different compounds known to be harmful to honeybees.

Then, I learned that these chemicals can contaminate our air and even act as neurotoxins, reproductive toxins, developmental toxins, and endocrine disruptors in the body.

Products with this seal are made without ingredients considered known carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, reproductive toxins, neurotoxins, behavioral toxins, flame retardants, heavy metals, pesticides, insecticides, toxic solvents, VOCs, or GMOs, according to scientifically authoritative lists from around the world.

Of the 82,000 ingredients used in personal care products, 1 in 8 are industrial chemicals, including carcinogens, pesticides, reproductive toxins, endocrine disruptors, plasticizers, degreasers, and surfactants.

From the air you breathe, to the water you drink at home, down to the personal hygiene products you use in the shower, you are exposed to toxic chemicals including hormone disruptors, reproductive toxins, pesticides, carcinogens, surfactants, and more.

This bill would require manufacturers selling cosmetic products in California to provide the state Department of Health Services with a list of their products and to identify products that contain chemicals identified as carcinogens or reproductive toxins.

In September 2005, an amendment to the E.U.'s Cosmetics Directive took hold, which requires companies doing business in Europe to eliminate chemicals in their cosmetics that are known or strongly suspected of being carcinogens, mutagens, or reproductive toxins.

The report details the presence of hazardous materials; chemicals known to be carcinogens, mutagens or reproductive toxins; endocrine disruptors; and any incomplete data.