Environmental Health

The relationship between man and his environment is described throughout history as being reciprocal because the environment has a profound influence on humans, but at the same time, humans extensively altered their environment to suit their needs and desires.

Our changes in the environment brought us multiple benefits yet also resulted in many environmental problems such as pollution, waste generation, overuse of resources, deforestation, and more.

Even Hippocrates, in his writing “On Airs, Waters, and Places,” written circa 400 BC, noted the importance of considering every element of the environment in its relation to human health, reminding us that if our environment is out of balance, we are out of balance.

A sick environment pushed to its limit with pollutants in air, land, and water promotes illness in every dimension: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. When we harm our environment, we do harm ourselves.

There are some scary studies and facts about environmental chemicals:

Today more than 84,000 chemicals are registered for use in the United States, but only 200 have been assessed for safety. There are no requirements that chemicals should be tested for safety before going to the market, so there is no way in knowing how those chemicals affect us individually or what are their cumulative effects.

The CDC has measured more than 300 chemicals in the U.S. population, including but not limited to: pesticides, heavy metals, insecticides, nonstick chemicals, and flame retardants.

Environmental Working Group tested umbilical cord blood of 10 newborns and found 287 industrial pollutants, from which are 180 carcinogens, 217 neurotoxins, and 208 reproductive toxins.

The last time when a federal law regulating cosmetics was passed was in 1938.

Besides the risks of our day-to-day toxic exposure, we are confronted with the harsh reality that most medical professionals don’t have adequate training in environmental health; the medical school offers an average of only seven hours of training on this subject.

Environmental toxicants are related to every chronic health issue that people are battling these days, like weight gain, diabetes, autoimmunity, hormonal imbalances, chronic fatigue, brain fog, mental illness, infertility, allergies, gut health, heart disease, cancers, and more.

I am trying to educate my clients on how to minimize their toxic exposure, how to improve their lifestyle, and how to detox.

In good health, 

Ioana