Chemicals

On this page you'll find a selection of resources that explore the health impact of chemicals that touch the skin. Many of the chemicals used to create synthetic fabrics and personal care products, are unbound. When the skin is at its weakest, warmest and wettest, they penetrate and do harm.

Podcasts

Phthalates research coming of age 
Living in a chemical soup

Books

The Sick House Survival Guide; Simple Steps to Healthier Homes by Angela Hobbs 2003
Sleep-Powered Wellness: Better Bedrooms for Turbocharged Zzzz's by Angela Hobbs 2011
The Sleep-Powered Wellness Workbook:  A Guided Journey to Better Sleep by Angela Hobbs 2012
Pandora's Poison: Chlorine, Health, and a New Environmental Strategy by Joe Thornton 2001
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel 2011
Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century by Stephen Fenichell 1997
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story  by Susan Frienkel

YouTube

Toxins in Cosmetics 
Toxic Top Ten 
Killing You Slowly: Watch How 800 Toxins Enter Your Body Daily!

Websites

Cosmetics Safety Database 
Environmental Working Group 
Living in a Chemical Soup

Articles

Check the kind of plastics you use

Angela Hobbs is a building biologist who specializes in identifying and remediating the location-specific factors that contribute to sleep and health issues. For 10 years she has been sharing her knowledge through corporate and private workshops, consultations and coaching.

She's lived and worked in Tanzania, Germany, Sweden, England, Quebec, The High Arctic, Ontario, Alberta, Kansas and Maine, leaving her with a personal experienice of a wide range of living and working environments.

She is the author of several books and workbook-based programs including 'Sleep-Powered Wellness', 'The Sick House Survival Guide', and 'The Guided Journey' Workbook series.

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