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Research associate & PhD alum @HarvardChanSPH researching hormone-disrupting chemical exposures, complex chemical mixtures, & healthier materials solutions
Jan 10, 2023 7 tweets 5 min read
💡New study alert!

Want to know if the complex 'cocktail' of chemicals in our buildings and products are exposing us to extra doses of hormone mimics?

Read more here ~

authors.elsevier.com/a/1gOuWAOM9zio0

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Office workers wore silicone wristbands in their office buildings for 4 workdays as a way to collect the chemical 'cocktail' they were each exposed to.

The avg person was exposed to at least 800 (!) diff chemical signatures. A large fraction of those chems were unknown.