15 Chemicals Linked to Early Menopause

investigators “studied 31,575 women enrolled in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted by the government. Every two years, the women were surveyed about various health and nutrition issues, including whether they had begun menopause.” All participants, “at some point between 1999 and 2008...provided at least one blood and urine sample which the scientists analyzed for the presence of various chemicals, including dioxins contained in pesticides, phthalates found in fragrance, plastics, cosmetics and hair spray, plant-derived estrogens, and polychlorinated biphenyls, among others.” http://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/chemicals-linked-early-menopause-n295456