Naturalpath

“There seems to be a growing body of evidence in scientific literature, data and studies coming out of many different organizations – the World Health Organization, the National Institute for Health - even JAMA is producing more and more studies showing how environmental toxins are effecting our health in addition to our nutritional status.

“This is leading to Americans becoming more and more aware of how eating organic food is important to them or, conversely, not eating food that’s laced with pesticides, which act as endocrine disruptors and can effect a hormonal imbalance within one’s body.

“Looking at the health of our water supply: the bottled water industry has grown exponentially, but we’re now beginning to realize that bottled water has plasticizers, so it’s actually better to have filtered water and to carry it in a nalgene bottle, which doesn’t off-gas plasticizers, which acts as an estrogen-mimicking chemical once it gets into your blood stream.

“There’s a huge snowballing effect that we’re seeing in the scientific literature showing how pesticides affect the sterility of male offspring. And not only the first generation, but the second generation of male offspring is effected.

“We can look at male sperm rates - back in the early sixties, just fifty years ago, the average sperm count was two hundred million. And today it’s twenty million for an average sperm count.

“Species all over the world are having declined conception rates and an increased level of birth defects.

“These are all big issues for fertility, and these are things we have to consider in growing a social conscience.”