Phthalates in fragrances and air fresheners damage your endocrine and reproductive systems. Vishen Lakhiani explains where they hide (colognes, perfumes, plug-in fresheners) and recommends scanning products with Skin Deep or Think Dirty apps to find ones rated under 3.
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There's actually one chemical in particular that destroys the whole reproductive system for both men and women. It's called a phthalate. Phthalates are in all the fragrances. They're in our colognes, our perfumes, our plug ins, air freshener in the Uber. And those phthalates are destroying our endocrine system. How can we find out if that chemical is in something or not? When it comes to our beauty products, there's apps out there to help us now, so Skin Deep is one of them. Think Dirty is another app that's been put out that you can just scan all your products and see how toxic it is. It gives you a rating. You want something that's under a three, Anything over a three, throw it out. That's a toxic ingredient. We have to start looking at everything in our environment with this toxic lens in mind, because we're now living in this toxic culture.