Is There Any Way to Reduce Our Exposure to Chemicals?

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The best answer is to ban or phase out chemicals that we know are harmful. Particularly for pregnant mothers, they might want to be careful about food with pestcides on and what their children then play with. In terms of plastics, you can get butie, free stuff now, which would be an idea,. potentially. So ofviously there's lots more to learn about obesgens.

Are synthetic chemicals we encounter every day causing us to gain weight? According to a major scientific review authored by dozens of scientists, there is now enough evidence to conclude that they are. Termed ‘obesogens’, these chemicals can be found in food packaging, personal hygiene products, electronics and even water. Madeleine Finlay speaks to environment editor Damian Carrington about how obesogens might be contributing to the global obesity pandemic, what they may be doing to our bodies, and if there’s anything we can do to avoid them.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod