Eliminate Chemicals, linked to Cancer.
If you live in USA or any other industrialized country, you are exposed to a HUGE amount of chemicals that may cause cancer.
Most of the chemicals are "approved" by the government who got kick-backs from the industry to label these chemicals "safe". Since we live in capitalism, this is how things really work - many chemicals from home use to stuff sprayed and added to food is labeled "safe" when they are not, and they hide from public exposure and lawsuits behind off-court settlements.
Chemicals can be everywhere - from your food, stuff you use to serve or cook food (aluminum foil and pots, plastic water bottles, styrofoam , plastic utensils etc.) ,
to stuff your food is sprayed (pesticides, herbicides) , your environment (paints, carpets), home use chemicals (shampoo, cleaners etc.) , your work and play environment.
Let's list some in no particular order.
1. Plastics. Plastics are a complicated subject. A lot of plastics are ok, but I recommend eliminating everything that's touching your food and water.
This means - eliminate all plastic plates, utensils, styrophoam cups, plastic water bottles, don't wrap you food in plastic etc. If you are unable to eliminate all plastics, at least use the most stable ones. For instance, for baby bottles and water it may be labeled "BPA FREE" (BPA , Bisphenol A is a plastic that's not healthy). Get stainless cups and glass bottles / food containers instead of plastic ones. Eliminate "non-stick" cookware, as most of it is aluminum, and aluminum when heated up and coming in contact with some foods will get into food , and it's a poison; get cast iron or stainless steel where possible. Don't use microwaves.
I'll expand on food and water in the next post.
2. Pesticides, Herbicides
Food in USA is massively sprayed with pesticides and herbicides. Some of them are approved for a while, then enough people get sick and/or die and then they would be removed by the industry. Examples would be DDT, and very recently it is Monsanto's RoundUp that was found it leads to cancer, through a number of lawsuits, one of which already ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million.
3. Industrial and home chemicals.
Shampoos, Houses cleaners - use organic or bought from the organic/specialized stores and not fro your local large store (hardware stores are worst), use "fragrance free".
Paints. In the past it was considered safe to add lead to paint. It is no longer so, but most homes build I think before 1975 (?) may have been painted with lead-based paint.
4. VOCs - Volatile Organic Compounds. Found in places like synthetic carpets.
5. Benzene, gasoline , gasoline fumes etc.
6. Other home exposure - radon gas, for instance. Aerate you house or place of living as often as possible, at least daily, because nobody really knows the results of a chemical cocktail of various synthetic chemicals and materials that are located and/or have been used to build it. Opening doors/windows daily eliminates what is collecting in the air. Same for the car - new car "smell" is a cocktail of dangerous chemical you breathe in.
7. California Proposition 65 is a law in California that has a large list of chemicals linked to cancer.
8. Avoid fragrances - use house cleaners, shampoos , laundry detergents that say "fragrance free" and "unscented". Don't use air fresheners. Don't use armpits antiperspirants** (especially true for women). Look through your other personal products and remove ones that contain aluminum, paraben, sulphate, oxybenzone (list of these chemicals grows), 10 ways to avoid toxic chemicals, look at Cosmetics database, for instance. Don't use anti-bacterial soaps.
will update.
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** - aluminum armpits antiperspirants , logically , may lead to breast cancer. Your body uses sweat and lymph to eliminate toxins. If you don't let toxins to be removed from your body via armpits gels, they will go back into your body and would find another way out.
If you live in USA or any other industrialized country, you are exposed to a HUGE amount of chemicals that may cause cancer.
Most of the chemicals are "approved" by the government who got kick-backs from the industry to label these chemicals "safe". Since we live in capitalism, this is how things really work - many chemicals from home use to stuff sprayed and added to food is labeled "safe" when they are not, and they hide from public exposure and lawsuits behind off-court settlements.
Chemicals can be everywhere - from your food, stuff you use to serve or cook food (aluminum foil and pots, plastic water bottles, styrofoam , plastic utensils etc.) ,
to stuff your food is sprayed (pesticides, herbicides) , your environment (paints, carpets), home use chemicals (shampoo, cleaners etc.) , your work and play environment.
Let's list some in no particular order.
1. Plastics. Plastics are a complicated subject. A lot of plastics are ok, but I recommend eliminating everything that's touching your food and water.
This means - eliminate all plastic plates, utensils, styrophoam cups, plastic water bottles, don't wrap you food in plastic etc. If you are unable to eliminate all plastics, at least use the most stable ones. For instance, for baby bottles and water it may be labeled "BPA FREE" (BPA , Bisphenol A is a plastic that's not healthy). Get stainless cups and glass bottles / food containers instead of plastic ones. Eliminate "non-stick" cookware, as most of it is aluminum, and aluminum when heated up and coming in contact with some foods will get into food , and it's a poison; get cast iron or stainless steel where possible. Don't use microwaves.
I'll expand on food and water in the next post.
2. Pesticides, Herbicides
Food in USA is massively sprayed with pesticides and herbicides. Some of them are approved for a while, then enough people get sick and/or die and then they would be removed by the industry. Examples would be DDT, and very recently it is Monsanto's RoundUp that was found it leads to cancer, through a number of lawsuits, one of which already ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million.
3. Industrial and home chemicals.
Shampoos, Houses cleaners - use organic or bought from the organic/specialized stores and not fro your local large store (hardware stores are worst), use "fragrance free".
Paints. In the past it was considered safe to add lead to paint. It is no longer so, but most homes build I think before 1975 (?) may have been painted with lead-based paint.
4. VOCs - Volatile Organic Compounds. Found in places like synthetic carpets.
5. Benzene, gasoline , gasoline fumes etc.
6. Other home exposure - radon gas, for instance. Aerate you house or place of living as often as possible, at least daily, because nobody really knows the results of a chemical cocktail of various synthetic chemicals and materials that are located and/or have been used to build it. Opening doors/windows daily eliminates what is collecting in the air. Same for the car - new car "smell" is a cocktail of dangerous chemical you breathe in.
7. California Proposition 65 is a law in California that has a large list of chemicals linked to cancer.
8. Avoid fragrances - use house cleaners, shampoos , laundry detergents that say "fragrance free" and "unscented". Don't use air fresheners. Don't use armpits antiperspirants** (especially true for women). Look through your other personal products and remove ones that contain aluminum, paraben, sulphate, oxybenzone (list of these chemicals grows), 10 ways to avoid toxic chemicals, look at Cosmetics database, for instance. Don't use anti-bacterial soaps.
will update.
--
** - aluminum armpits antiperspirants , logically , may lead to breast cancer. Your body uses sweat and lymph to eliminate toxins. If you don't let toxins to be removed from your body via armpits gels, they will go back into your body and would find another way out.