You go about your life day-to-day thinking that you're...relatively safe, right? Well, you're wrong! And since Laci is very worried about your health and wellbeing, she's broken down a list of 5 things that you're around every day that could kill you! Read More: Hair Dyes and Cancer Risk http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/hair-dyes "Because early hair dye formulations contained chemicals that were found to cause cancer in animals, manufacturers changed the ingredients in hair dye products to eliminate some of these chemicals in the mid- to late 1970s." Hair Dyes http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/intheworkplace/hair-dyes "Many American women, as well as a small but increasing number of men, use hair dyes." The debate on carcinogenicity of permanent hair dyes: new insights. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17661215 "Oxidative (permanent) hair dyes contain one or several "primary intermediates" (e.g., p-phenylenediamines, p-aminophenols) and "couplers" (e.g., m-aminophenols, m-hydroxyphenols)." Cigarette Smoke Toxins Deposited on Surfaces: Implications for Human Health http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086391 "Cigarette smoking remains a significant health threat for smokers and nonsmokers alike. Secondhand smoke (SHS) is intrinsically more toxic than directly inhaled smoke." Tips for safer and healthier grilling, from the Harvard Health Letter http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/cancer-risk-from-bbq-meat "Ruining a piece of meat isn't the only thing you need to worry about if you're cooking at high temperatures." "Plastic": The material that's killing us http://www.salon.com/2011/04/26/plastic_a_toxic_love_story_susan_freinkel/ "A new book investigates our relationship with the malleable substance that's wrecking our environment and our DNA." Human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17825522 "The plastic monomer and plasticizer bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the highest volume chemicals produced worldwide. BPA is used in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins used in many consumer products." Impact of endocrine disruptor chemicals in gynaecology http://humupd.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/1/59.full "The potential hazardous effects that estrogen- and androgen-like chemicals may have both on wildlife and human health have attracted much attention from the scientific community." Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726844/ "There is growing interest in the possible health threat posed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which are substances in our environment, food, and consumer products that interfere with hormone biosynthesis, metabolism, or action resulting in a deviation from normal homeostatic control or reproduction." Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1819573 "Most US adults consume more added sugar than is recommended for a healthy diet. We observed a significant relationship between added sugar consumption and increased risk for CVD mortality." Watch More: Poisonous Foods You Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSYglnUzVKs TestTube Wild Card http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-437-pets-make-us-healthier?utm_campaign=DNWC&utm;_medium=DNews&utm;_source=YT How Grapefruit Can Kill You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUB4lHBgPlQ ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/Discover

• published: 18 Feb 2014
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