The Source

Your guide to reducing your chemical body load and living a healthier life.

Hormone Disrupting Environmental Chemicals

Hormone Disrupting Environmental Chemicals

Even Low Dose Exposure Matters. The Endocrine Disruption Organization states that hormone disrupting chemicals (also known as endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs) do not have a single potency and, therefore, should not be used to make regulatory decisions. For...

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Beauty And The Toxic Beast

Beauty And The Toxic Beast

Lead And Coal Tar On Your Head. There are hundreds of hair dye products that consumers can choose from, and in those hundreds of products are combinations of more than 5,000 different chemicals that are not always listed on the label. It’s important that if...

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Can Toxic Chemicals Harm Your Immune System?

Can Toxic Chemicals Harm Your Immune System?

What is the Immune System The immune system is a network within the body that protects us against disease. It fights off viruses and bacteria that can make us sick. It helps us recover when we are sick or injured. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the concept of...

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Chemical Exposure and Pregnancy

Chemical Exposure and Pregnancy

Critical Times Of Development. Exposure to environmental chemicals, especially when the eggs and sperm are being formed, the fetus is developing in the womb, and during early childhood, contribute to the root cause of so many health conditions and diseases....

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EDCs in Skin Care: Ingredients to Avoid

EDCs in Skin Care: Ingredients to Avoid

In the United States, skin care products are not well regulated or screened for true safety. While other countries have banned hundreds of ingredients in personal care products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned only 11 chemicals. ...

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How Taking Care of your Skin Impacts your Overall Health

How Taking Care of your Skin Impacts your Overall Health

If you wouldn’t eat it, you probably shouldn’t be putting it on your skin. We tend to be more cautious about what we put into our bodies versus what we put onto our bodies. Among many other reasons, this can be attributed to a lack of transparency regarding dangerous ingredients in personal care products. That’s where we come in.

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Welcome to The Source!

Welcome to The Source!

Welcome to The Source! We are so happy you’re here. The Source is Hugh & Grace’s weekly blog that is dedicated to raising awareness surrounding the harmful effects that Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) have on our bodies. Our goal is to provide helpful resources, knowledge, and tips to our followers about EDCs.

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