FRAGRANCES AND YOUR HORMONES

SYNTHETIC FRAGRANCES

HERE'S THE BAD NEWS: SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN FRAGRANCES CAN MIMIC HORMONES AND INTERFERE WITH OR DISRUPT THE DELICATE ENDOCRINE DANCE. WE'RE EXPOSED TO THESE CHEMICALS DAILY, AND WE'RE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THEM DURING PHASES OF ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT -IN UTERO AND THROUGHOUT CHILDHOOD.

AIR FRESHNERS

PHTHALATES IN AIR FRESHENERS ARE TOXIC TO YOUR OVARIES AND IMPACT YOUR FERTILITY. THEY DAMAGE FOLLICLES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT INTO EGGS, AND MESS WITH YOUR OVARIES' ABILITY TO PRODUCE ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE, FURTHER THROWING OFF YOUR HORMONAL BALANCE. FOR SAFER WAYS OF FRESHENING YOUR INDOOR AIR, OPEN WINDOWS, USE FANS, AND EMPTY STINKY TRASH CANS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO COVER THEM UP.

FRAGRANCED PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS

FORTUNATELY, FRAGRANCE ISN'T NECESSARY FOR A PRODUCT TO FUNCTION WELL OR BE EFFECTIVE. CHOOSE FRAGRANCE-FREE SKINCARE PRODUCTS. EXAMPLES OF FRAGRANCE-FREE SKINCARE BRANDS CETAPHIL, CERAVE, PAULA'S CHOICE, CLINIQUE, ORDINARY, L'OCITANNE, BIOLOGIQUE RECHERCHE, SUWALSHOO, LA MER ETC.

SYNTHETIC PERFUMES

SYNTHETIC FRAGRANCE COMPOUNDS HAVE BECOME UBIQUITOUS COMPONENTS OF PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS. OVERWHELMING CONSUMERISM TRENDS HAVE LED TO THE EXCESS USAGE OF THESE CHEMICALS. IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT THIS FRAGRANCE-LADEN UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE RUNS PARALLEL WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED RATES OF DIABETES, CANCER, NEURAL AILMENTS, TERATOGENICITY, AND TRANSGENDER INSTANCES.

SCENTED CANDLES

SCENTED CANDLES ARE POPULAR GIFTS BUT THOSE WITH HARMFUL FRAGRANCE CHEMICALS ADDED TO THEM CAN BE RELEASED INTO THE AIR AND INHALED. IN ADDITION, FRAGRANCE OILS CAN SOFTEN THE WAX SO THAT THE CANDLE DOES NOT BURN CLEANLY--EMITTING MORE BLACK SOOT. BLACK SOOT DAMAGES HOMES AND IS HARMFUL TO HUMAN HEALTH.