MEPs passed a bill against the government’s advice banning chemicals such as phthalates and parabens, which are present in many everyday objects, because of their effects on the hormonal system. Impossible to escape, hormonal disruptors hide in most everyday objects: phthalates in PVC, toys, perfumes or food packaging. Parabens are used as preservatives in cosmetics. Alkylphenols are emulsifiers found in detergents. If the amendment adopted in the Assembly is confirmed in the Senate, these products could be banned to protect the health of consumers. The Ministry of Health relativizes the toxic effects of these products. Interviews: André CICOLLELA (toxicologist, president of the Network environment health): "These are substances called endocrine disrupters these products. They disrupt the functioning of the hormonal system and have health impacts mainly during pregnancy. The impact will be felt as adults and even across generations" / Gérard BAPT (PS MP for Haute Garonne, rapporteur for the health mission in the Finance Committee): "the government is against it because the industry must be able to prepare to introduce less dangerous substitutes."
Europe is waging war against the potentially carcinogenic chemicals that are invading our daily lives. The parliament must examine a project that would strengthen legislation on these products. This includes dishwashing liquids, furniture, glues, carpets... and many others.. with, in the spotlight, a chemical used in the glues of parquet floors, but also in cosmetics. Tests were put in place at the homes of a few hundred volunteers. Interviews: Olivier RAMALHO (Indoor Air Quality Observatory) / Yannick VICAIRE (Head of the "Toxic" programme of Greenpeace France)
Endocrine disruptors attack our hormonal system, causing malformations, cancers and infertility. These disturbers are found in shower gels or household products. So, some imagine natural parades like at Chauny’s hospital. The best way to know the composition of the products around us every day is to make them yourself. Message received 5 out of 5 for workshop participants. This is what the workshop is about: raising awareness, changing habits and proposing alternatives. This is Stephanie Cormier’s mission. In his sights: the multitude of endocrine disruptors present in our everyday products. Her audience: The maternal assistants, parents, and future parents who make up the entourage of the most fragile of us. Early puberty, cancer, infertility, the damage list is long. To find the culprits, you have to peel the labels and beware of false pretenses.
76 toxic chemicals, notably in consumer goods, have been found in the blood of 39 MEPs. The research covered 101 substances from five groups: organochlorine pesticides (including DDT, banned in 1978), PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls, banned progressively from 1979 onwards), brominated flame retardants (present in computers, TVs, sofas...), phthalates (plastics, cosmetics, toys...) and perfluorinated compounds (some textiles, teflon coatings...). For toxicologist Jean-François NARBONNE (director of a laboratory of the CNRS), the authorities could have been the first to address this public health issue.
At the Hydrobiology Laboratory of the Ministry of National Education, a researcher interviewed talks about the toxic substances present in cultivated soils and the need to study the composition of soils. The products used in agriculture to increase yields are then inevitably found on consumers' plates, to the detriment of their health.
A new study confirms the phenomenon of early puberty in the United States, affecting one in six girls, often as young as 7 years. France and Europe are also concerned. The problem is the presence of certain pollutants in our environment, such as bisphenol A in plastics, paraben in cosmetics and pesticides. Example with a girl with the silhouette of a teenager, Charline MORISOT. His body began to change at the age of seven. She testifies: "I thought it must be normal, but when I saw Doctor Puel, I thought it must still be a bit disturbing". The doctor who follows her, Doctor Olivier PUEL (pediatric endocrinologist), talks about early puberty and the case of Charline MORISOT.
Professors Etienne FOURNIER (toxicologist at the F. Vidal Hospital) and Léon SCHWARTZNBERG (oncologist) give their views on the use of chemicals in agriculture and their harmful effects on human health in the longer term.
The INA Galaxy 
