Phthalates damage babies' brains and must be banned immediately, say experts

it is continually revealed that modern industry is poisoning us all, over and over again, for little to no reason. in the rare instance the political will is generated to act against one thing or another, the regulation is sidestepped with analogs, and buried a hundredfold with other new profitable inventions.<p>unfortunately there is no reason to believe this destructive process is slowing or stopping.<p>we and our children are all debilitated in both subtle and drastic ways that we absolutely do not understand. the past century of industrial&#x2F;biological experimentation will be looked back upon as one of the greatest and most senseless crimes ever committed.<p>i fear the consequences we must face.

I&#x27;m a bit unsure what to think. From the article:<p>&gt; &quot;When you have the same kind of findings repeated ... and you keep coming up with the same finding, I think you can begin to say that the data is pretty clear&quot;<p>But also: &gt; By 2019, more than 30 studies had examined prenatal exposure to different types of phthalates ... Not all of the papers had found consistent results, especially in the area of cognitive development, but the report&#x27;s authors said that might be due to difference in study designs and children&#x27;s ages.<p>While this finding certainly seems plausible, and the credentials of the project members are impeccable, I am a bit suspicious that they may simply be evaluating a large number of chemicals across a wide range of outcomes, and reporting on the noise.<p>Is there a theory on what the causal mechanism for these chemicals to cause these neurological conditions are?

Uhhh, there are dozens of phthalates. Each with a different chemical structure. They are not all going to follow the same metabolic pathway.<p>This article just calls out all phthalates. Would be better to specify which. Also some phthalates do have alternatives, but not all depending on the properties your plastizer is trying to give the plastic.

This has been suspected since (I think) 2015. They are also serious endocrine disruptors. So they&#x27;re being phased out. I&#x27;m not sure why it takes 6 years (and counting) to do that...

We need a whitelist of chemicals endorsed for food, drink, and health&#x2F;beauty.<p>Packaging ingredients need to be listed as well as food ingredients.<p>As an individual consumer: contact politicians. The only solution to this is regulatory.

TSCA grandfathered-in thousands of chemicals without safety data. The issue is that dangerous chemicals in America are a game of Whack-a-Mole since they have to be proven unsafe in order to ban them, rather than proven safe to use, and leaving harm, pain, disfigurement, disabilities, and deaths as collateral damage in their wake.

&gt; Phthalates damage babies&#x27; brains and must be banned immediately, say experts<p>The only thing to get from this is CNN is not garbage but dangerous garbage and a concerning organisation called Project TENDR is gaining a foothold.<p>There doesn&#x27;t seem to any good research on exactly what &#x27;Project TENDR&#x27; is yet. Possibly a mutation of the anti-vaxxer movement. They are not anti-vaxxer&#x27;s but are using autism as a meme. CNN has hidden this bit.<p>They do seem good at astroturfing.

By their own admission these chemicals are everywhere, and yet by a lot of measures people are more healthy and living longer than before... I feel just a bit suspicious.