Sources of Xenoestrogens
From What Your Doctor may Not Tell You about Menopause (Premenopause)
- by Dr John Lee
- Petrochemically derived pesticides and herbicides.
- Car exhaust.
- Solvents and adhesives ie household cleaners, nail polish and remover.
- Emulsifiers and waxes in soaps and cosmetics.
- Dry cleaning chemicals.
- Nearly all plastics (watch heating).
- Industrial waste- PCB's, Dioxins.
- Meat from livestock fed estrogenic drugs.
- Sewage treatment waste with nonylphenols- estrogenic breakdown products of detergents (dish. liq.), cosmetics and toiletries. Also present in spermicides.
- Synthetic estrogens and progestins from the urine of millions of women taking BCP's and HRT that are flushed down the toilet.
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