Category: chemical toxins

Environmental Toxins Linked to Steep Rise in Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s is now the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease and the fastest-growing degenerative neurological disorder, according to the Parkinson’s Foundation.  “The world’s fastest-growing brain disease is largely manmade,” Dr. E. Ray Dorsey, the David M. Levy professor of neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, said in a statement. “The principal causes are…


How Hazardous Is Your Home’s Air?

Mounting research reveals the danger posed by a group of man-made chemicals developed in the 1930s that are resistant to water, heat, and oil. They’re used in paint, upholstery, cookware, carpeting, packaging, clothing, cosmetics, and more to make products nonstick, stain repellant, and waterproof. Among the health effects these products are linked to is the…


Why Is Male Fertility Declining?

In the United States, nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility. Unfortunately, physicians like me who specialize in reproductive medicine are unable to determine the cause of male infertility around 30 percent to 50 percent of the time. There is almost nothing more disheartening than telling a couple “I don’t know” or “There’s nothing…