By creating Hosane, we gave ourselves the mission of imagining a peaceful and responsible future for the whole family! When we designed our products and wrote our specifications, we had a strict requirement common to all of our products:
Banning the use of endocrine disruptors
Like everyone else, we have seen the use of this name more and more regularly over the past few years.
When I had my first thyroid health concerns, I started to make the link with endocrine disruptors and to be vigilant about certain products.
With Emilie, we continued our research to identify all endocrine disruptors by reading medical studies such as that of the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety .
We believe that knowing our “enemy” as best as possible is a real asset to combat it effectively, so we hope like other women entrepreneurs who have initiated this fight for several years ( https://fertilityyoga.tv/ and https:// www.alixdantras.com/ ) share our knowledge and best practices with you.
WHAT ARE ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS?
In addition to being scholarly, the definition of this term goes beyond the competence of our national Larousse! Indeed, the definition of endocrine disruptors is the subject of debate at the international level.
The World Health Organization offers the following definition:
“An endocrine disruptor means an exogenous substance or mixture (coming from outside) which alters the functions of the endocrine system and consequently induces harmful effects on the health of an intact organism or its descendants”.
In short, these are chemical substances, foreign to the body, which are not toxic but which can disrupt the functioning of the hormonal system and be transmitted over several generations.
They pose a threat to human health and the environment.
Endocrine disruptors can accentuate allergies. But even more serious, certain substances can:
- cause hormonal imbalances (fertility disorders, acne, SPOK, etc.)
- play a role in the appearance of hormone-dependent cancers (breast, uterus, prostate and testicles)
- be responsible for diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases
We do not know exactly the effect of endocrine disruptors on health because there are many questions about their mechanisms of action, the number of substances concerned, the types and doses of exposure... It would not be the dose that makes poison because some are more toxic at low doses than others. And as we are exposed to multiple substances, their effects can add up, hence the “cocktail effect”!
WHERE ARE THEY HIDING AND WHO ARE THEY?
Endocrine disruptors are almost everywhere in everyday products (food packaging, cans, plastic bottles, detergents and cleaning products, baby wipes, cosmetic products) but not only... We also find them with great surprise and without us being able to suspect it if we don't look into it:
- In the ambient air with the emanation of chemicals (tobacco, insecticides, etc.)
- In household products composed of bisphenol, phthalates, etc.
- On clothing due to chemical residue
- In cosmetics because of heavy metals, preservatives...
- In the diet with pesticides, hyper-processed foods, large fish with a high concentration of mercury
We are not going to overload our brains with the names of endocrine disruptors that are often unpronounceable except for the best known like bisphenol, but for the most curious we are providing you with a complete list .
When we read this list, we quickly realize that we are in contact with, more or less intensely, endocrine disruptors all day long. But from stress/panic, we give you our rituals to protect against it.
BUT THEN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF?
The harmful effects on health of certain endocrine disruptors are no longer in doubt, but the effects in the event of exposure at low doses are not yet clearly established.
Sensitivity to endocrine disruptors is increased for pregnant women, newborns and adolescents going through puberty.
We must therefore be particularly vigilant during certain periods of our lives and protect ourselves by adopting habits in our daily life. We give you the habits we have adopted at Hosane to protect ourselves from endocrine disruptors:
- Ventilate your interior regularly,
- Wash your clothes before wearing them,
- Eat homemade meals and limit processed meals,
- Favor organic vegetables,
- Limit soy foods and large fish,
- Store and freeze in glass containers
In our consumption and purchasing habits we also have habits to protect ourselves from endocrine disruptors:
- We favor second-hand furniture,
- We use organic cosmetics with natural preservatives, apps like Yuka which product or Inci beauty help you navigate and provide a detailed list of suspect components
- We pay attention to the material of the clothing we buy and avoid polyester and other petroleum-derived synthetics; we also favor second-hand clothing.
To complement these habits, we have created Hosane products , healthy, natural, with a simple composition and without endocrine disruptors , so that our clothes, our dishes and in general our interior are not maintained with products harmful to our health!
