"We were $16,000 out of pocket, with weekly blood work, invasive ultrasounds, sperm quality testing, genetic testing, eating well, exercising, daily cold plunging, expensive vitamins, excessive pregnancy testing and more tears than I would like to remember. We were at a loss, with an official diagnosis of unexplained infertility."
"Plastics contain toxic chemicals, derived from petrochemicals, known as endocrine disrupters, such as phthalates, which make plastic soft and flexible, and bisphenols (BPAs), which make plastics harder and durable. We ingest them, we absorb them through our skin, we inhale them. Every which way that they can get into our bodies, they do."
"I feel it's a basic human right of every person to have a child if they choose to. Chemicals in our homes or the environment should not interfere with that."
An Idaho couple struggling with unexplained infertility for two years participated in a three-month study led by reproductive epidemiologist Dr. Shanna Swan to reduce their exposure to plastic-related chemicals. The couple had spent $16,000 on fertility treatments without success. Plastics contain toxic endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates and bisphenols (BPAs) that enter the body through ingestion, skin absorption, and inhalation. These chemicals interfere with reproductive health and male fertility. The study, featured in the documentary The Plastic Detox, examined whether dramatically lowering daily exposure to these chemicals could help couples conceive. Swan emphasizes that access to reproduction is a basic human right and should not be compromised by environmental chemical exposure.
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Read at www.theguardian.com
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