/oss/taxonomy/term/929/all en /oss/article/environment-health/toxic-chemicals-environment <p>Virtually no day goes by without an alert from the media about some chemical in the environment that is suspected of harming our health. It may do this by disrupting our hormones, triggering cancer, causing heart disease, affecting brain development, or any combination of these. Among numerous other substances it might be oxybenzone in sunscreens, tetrachloroethylene residue in dry cleaned clothes, caramel colouring in cola drinks, arsenic in rice or phthalates in plastics.</p> Sat, 16 Jul 2016 01:42:03 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2347 at /oss