10/06/2026
โ ๏ธ ๐ช๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ.
This is bigger than plastic bottles ending up in the ocean.
Plastic is touching our food.
Our water.
Our clothes.
Our children's toys.
Our personal-care products.
Our kitchens.
Our furniture.
And increasingly, researchers are looking at what happens when the chemicals associated with all of that plastic exposure make their way into ๐๐.
A new investigation highlighted by CNN this week reported that nearly ๐ต๐ฏ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต.
The report identified concerns including endocrine disruption, reproductive toxicity, organ toxicity, genetic damage and cancer-related hazards.
And that's not even the part that concerns us the most.
Nearly ๐ด๐ฌ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ,๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐
๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ.
Think about that for a second.
We are surrounded by these materials every single day...
and for thousands of the chemicals involved, we still don't fully understand what repeated exposure may mean.
๐งช ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ก'๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐
When people hear about plastic and health, they often think only about microplastics.
But the bigger conversation also includes chemicals used in plastics such as ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ that help make products flexible, durable, colourful or resistant to heat.
Some chemicals of concern can also be persistent or bioaccumulative, meaning repeated exposure can matter over time.
Researchers are examining relationships between plastic-associated exposures and areas such as:
โข Hormone and endocrine function
โข Reproductive health
โข Cardiovascular health
โข Metabolism
โข Inflammation and oxidative stress
โข Gut health
โข Liver and kidney health
โข Developmental health
This isn't some obscure exposure happening in a factory somewhere.
The new analysis looked at the things surrounding us every day.
Almost ๐ต๐ฎ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ-๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ were categorized as high risk.
Nearly ๐ด๐ต% ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐.
Around ๐ต๐ฏ% ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐
๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
More than ๐ต๐ฎ% ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐.
And nearly ๐ต๐ฏ% ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐.
๐ฑ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ช๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ก.
Food stored in plastic.
Hot food placed into plastic containers.
Plastic water bottles.
Takeout containers.
Synthetic clothing.
Household dust.
Personal-care packaging.
Kitchen utensils.
Food wrappers.
The issue isn't necessarily one container you used once.
It's the ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
And we're starting to have more conversations with people who are concerned about what that cumulative exposure may be doing to their health.
๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐'๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง.
Earlier this year, researchers published a randomized pilot trial where people dramatically reduced plastic contact with their food, kitchenware and personal-care products.
In only ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐, urinary levels of several plastic-associated chemicals dropped significantly.
One phthalate metabolite fell by about ๐ฏ๐ด%.
Another fell by about ๐ฑ๐ฐ%.
BPA fell by about ๐ฒ๐ฌ%.
That should get people's attention.
Because it shows that changing what we're exposed to can change what researchers are measuring in the body surprisingly quickly.
๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ช๐ ๐ช๐๐ก๐ง ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐๐ฃ.
At Ford's, we're having more conversations about environmental exposure, nutrition, gut health, hydration, supplementation and the body's natural pathways for processing and eliminating what it doesn't need.
And yes...
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ โ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ฝ.โ
What that looks like is different for every person.
That's why this isn't something we're going to try to explain with a miracle product in a Facebook post.
๐๐'๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Come in.
Talk to one of our pharmacy team members.
Tell us what you're concerned about, what you're currently taking, what your lifestyle looks like and what you're hoping to improve.
We can help you look at practical ways to reduce ongoing exposure and discuss options that may support your overall health.
๐ฟ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฌ.
Don't heat food in plastic when you have another option.
Use glass or stainless steel where practical.
Replace old, scratched plastic food containers.
Reduce unnecessary single-use plastics.
Pay attention to how much highly packaged food you consume.
Look at what your food, water and personal-care products are coming into contact with every single day.
You don't have to make your home plastic-free overnight.
You just need to start paying attention.
Because plastic has become so normal that most of us barely notice it anymore.
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ.
If this is something you've been concerned about, come talk to us.
This is a conversation worth having.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ & ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
544 St. George Blvd., Moncton, NB
๐ (506) 853-0830
๐ Take a look around your kitchen right now.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐?
