Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals & More: The Invisible War at Home | with Dr. Linda Birnbaum, PhD

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American toxicologist Dr. Linda Birnbaum sits down with Jeremy Slayden to "provide understanding on the "forever chemicals" that we are surrounded by every day. She was previously the director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences at the NIH and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

By now, you've probably heard about the dangers of these forever chemicals…Pthalates, Atrazenes, PFAS substances, and other Endocrine Disrupting chemicals; they are all around us. We find them in waterproof hiking boots, make-up, electronics, nonstick pans and even our drinking water— and there's no natural way for them to break down in our environment. Epidemiological studies have linked to these chemicals to numerous diseases—from kidney cancer, liver cancer, obesity, decreased fertility and more.

Dr. Linda Birnbaum has been sounding the alarms about how PFAS and other chemicals are harming our health for the last few decades. For a time in her career as a federal servant, she was banned from talking about these chemical contaminants and their links to cancer and other adverse conditions.

She explains that while we cannot completely avoid these toxic chemicals, there are practical steps we can take to limit our exposure. How does this microscopic warfare affect us, and what are the warn are the warning signs we are experiencing overexposure?