It's that time of the week for another fatal convenience. This is a bite sized segment that addresses some of society's fatal conveniences and the steps you can take to avoid becoming a victim of them. I define fatal conveniences as the things we may be doing because the world we live in makes us believe we have to tap water, shampoo, sunglasses, food. I dive into the hidden truths behind some of our everyday choices that could not only be harming us, but even killing us.

So let's dive in.

Everybody, welcome to the show. The next installment, another shocker of our modern day cutting corners to make profit and also just not stepping into the future or seeing product or seeing innovation. And this is all about toxic clothes. So this is a very big item to have multiple conversations about this or fatal conveniences, because there's all kinds of stuff. Now, if you've tuned in to Jeff Garner's podcast just the other day, then you'll realize that that's kind of a big fatal convenience.

But it's coming from direct experience with from Jeff, from being in the industry for over 20 years and also calling out people that are linked to causing issues. And especially in that episode, you hear the effect that Victoria's Secret had over three hundred cases that they've settled linking them and their underwear's their materials, their dyes have been linked to breast cancer. So that's pretty gnarly. So this one is all about toxic clothes. There's all kinds of directions. So basically what this is, is modern clothing has been formulated and treated with compounds that help soften them and help prevent stains and wrinkles and and all of the stuff.

Ultimately, they're trying to look good, but really not having an understanding that this is the first thing on direct contact with your body that you're wearing all day. So, again, all of this stuff is accumulative. So these compounds. That we're going to go over so many are linked to adverse health effects, skin irritations, developmental issues and disorders and of course, cancer hormone disruption, all of that stuff. And yes, it is jeans, t shirts, common clothes that are filled full of these toxic compounds.

So at the end, to go through all of them as a little highlight and what they're the detriment to them are. But as I'm starting now, whenever you see things like when I was doing the research, when you're seeing waterproofs stain resistant Gore attacks, all of the stuff that is a straight up red flag to know that they're using what's called forever chemicals. And I'll get into that in a little bit. But some of those waterproofing stain resistant, all of that stuff that also goes for couches and stuff in our home, which I'll unpack at some point.

But the P f a. S poly floral alkali substances, Pickford's, those are the dangers. And in the 1940s, manufacturers realized that this ass's or Fais could resist heat grease stains and in water. And then they realized that this stays in the environment for thousands of years. So they call it forever chemicals. And those things are in contact with your skin and therefore it's creating a whole host of things. The cortex basically is Teflon again. So Teflon has been popping up everywhere.

So put it all over in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, we put Teflon all over our cooking pans, cooked our food, eat that, eating this hormone, disrupting Teflon cancer, causing carcinogenic. And then we put it on our rain jackets, on our Gore tax and all of these things. And it's very common found in outdoor gear because it's trying to you know, the things are, hey, this is moisture wicking.

So when you see that, oh, my God, like, I don't mean to throw Under Armour under the bus, but maybe I do, you know, these kinds of materials that are not natural. Let me just tell you right now, they're not natural for a reason and they have chemicals. And we're going to go through more and more of these chemicals. OK, so PFS is the first one I'm talking to. So all of these kind of special fabrics that are wicking, that are stain resistant, that are sweat resistant, all of that stuff that's basically saying you're putting yourself in the kidney has been linked to testicular cancer, liver damage, developmental issues.

We also have a big problem with diapers and a big problem with those little bibs that go around babies necks. That stuff lead all kinds of lead in those things and they're trying to wean those out. But that still is so plastic e kind of things that you can wipe away. Go back to organic cotton that get some of it's a pain in the ass. But you know what? You're putting toxins on your baby and you're being affected. And then they're eating and they're drinking and all of this stuff and it's going right in the body.

So Centers of Disease Control definitely call these things out as more problems when it comes into contact with your skin.

When are you not being in contact with your skin, when the stuff is on, even if it's close or moreover jackets, you've got to be very aware. So some of these other big things that keep coming up, you've heard me talk about phthalates, are known for making substances like plastic, more durable and flexible.

And they've banned them in children's products, mostly in 2008. But the people making these chemicals, they keep popping up. And now in 2012, an environmental watchdog, Greenpeace, sampled more than one hundred and fifty clothing items, detected phthalates in thirty one garments, three t shirts, pair of underwear. That's very disturbing when underwear has toxins that you're basically just just absorbing all day and every day. And so they're all in very popular clothing brands and very high concentrations of phthalates, meaning the chemicals comprised up to thirty eight percent of their weight.

So these things are in jeans. Apparently jeans are crazy. And Jeff mentioned that in the show earlier in the week, that jeans, when you're working with jeans, they're actually hazardous material. That is how they're supposed to as manufacturers and as. Designers, they have to get rid of genes, gene material as toxic material waste, what seriously, you heard that right?

And again, Jeff, mention that on the show. So genes, raincoats, artificial leather, even though, you know, I'm a no leather person myself, but the artificial leather has a whole host of chemicals linked to many things.

So so these chemicals, plus a whole lot more, are linked to ADHD, asthma, diabetes, breast cancer, along with a number of reproductive issues, including decreasing the reproductive function in men and endometriosis in women. So these affiliates pose the greatest risk to children who might be putting these contaminated clothes. Let's just say they are putting these contaminated clothes on. So CDC is so damn conservative with this stuff, but they have called out that these are concerns and that human health effects.

And they keep saying, well, it's unknown, but the exposure is widespread. Thanks. Thanks, CDC. You're doing great. So, children, if you're going to have a hard time, you want to wear your favorite spandex in all of this stuff. Then I would say then then please start with your children and get rid of the toxic pay a little extra again. Jeff brought it up in the in the episode before about, you know, thinking about buying clothes for the long term and maybe you can have them redesigned and reused and things like that.

So we're looking at high quality organic fibers, hemp fibers, quality designs that are timeless. That's what we want to look into. So there was an outcry in 2006 and 2007 when the center of environmental health, the S.H., found lead in the vinyl baby bibs. Remember when I sold it out and that was sold at Wal-Mart and Babies R US and all of that stuff. So they saw lead levels above six hundred parts per million and the safety threshold was supposed to be lower than one hundred.

So again, all these things are not being regulated. You have to take this on and when children are exposed to lead, they suffer permanent brain damage. So those convenient little bibs that you have and whatever the convenient little Pampers or whatever the diapers are. Be very careful because that's causing permanent damage to your children. And then also another key factor here is when you smell that the clothing that smells like new clothing smell, that's an indicator of formaldehyde.

Right. So it's basically a colorless gas that they frequently use in the process to help clothes be free of wrinkles. So it's shown up everywhere because we don't want to be inconvenienced with wrinkles. So they put formaldehyde that is embedded into your clothes and really doesn't come out so super important. In 2010 with formaldehyde, the US Government Accountability Office, the GAO, released its findings after testing one hundred and eighty pieces of clothes for formaldehyde. Specifically, the office found that most of the samples were below 20 parts per million.

But the fact that there's even any of it is dangerous. But also they know that it's that is linked to asthma, nausea and even cancer. So wearing clothes with formaldehyde is more commonly associated with dermatitis. But over a long exposure, the allergic response goes up. Dermatitis can lead to rashes, blisters, itchy, but at the same time, internally, asthma, nausea and cancer. So I'm going to go through some of the chemicals and then some of the opportunities we have.

OK, so glyphosate, which destroys the lining of our gut and absorbs through the skin, guess what? Glyphosate is showing up in normal cotton textiles. So if you're have a cotton shirt and it's not organic, then the chances are it has glyphosate in it and it's absorbing in your skin. And glyphosate is a genetically modified compound in Roundup Ready herbicides and pesticides. Yes. So you are wearing an herbicide shirt and again, chlorine bleach that creates the whitening and well, that is a dangerous chemical that again, is being brought into the system.

And then they use that in the denim to create some of that natural kind of coloring changes. So you can use hydrogen peroxide, hydrogen peroxide, it's just oxygen and get it anyway, very cheap, you can throw that in your and get out stains that way. Formaldehyde, again, is mainly used in the wrinkle free shrinkage type of, you know, and dyes and prints. So you want to lean, obviously, towards the organic cotton, hemp, all of that stuff, and then plant based dyes.

That's what you want to. And then again, something that pops up again, volatile organic compounds, D.O.C. Esses. These are solvents that are used in all parts of the textile normal supply chain. OK, so these are finished textiles. These are printed natural and synthetic. So again, you have to look for organic and then another one is showing up in clothes. Is brominated flame retardants? You heard it, ladies and gentlemen. They have been used in children's clothing for the most part.

So some bright idea. I'm going to put flame retardants on your child and then that has serious psychological developmental brain damage, hormone disruption consequences. So, again, we're insane. And then there's ammonia that's that helps to be shrink resistant. So whenever you see this these Myracle shirts basically and these miracle pants, you want to kind of run away from, just go back to spend a little more money on organic textiles and companies that are doing things right.

And also there's a bunch of heavy metals and leather tanning is extraordinarily toxic. OK, so these are dangerous. And then again, I've talked about phthalates all the time. So we realize that there's a lot of challenges in the textile industry. So if you haven't heard of Jeff Gardner's episode, you want to check that out because he gets into a lot of that stuff. So when you're having that special push up bra with the wire No. One, it's cutting off lymphatic flow and then you're getting those hormone disrupting chemicals to your mammary glands that are hormone receptacles.

So it's a very dangerous thing.

You know, free, free the boobs girls as much as possible, don't wear bras, especially ones that don't have seals of natural fibers and a clear line of transparency in how they're made. But also it's just healthier to not wear them. So. So Jeff has provided me with a lot of research around toxins and clothes, so I'll put those in the show notes. But this has gotten me to being very clear. Support, organic clothing, ask for all these things and and get rid of these clothes, especially the underwear's and the things like that, that we're just and then as soon as we get hot under our arms, we're just sucking in formaldehyde phthalates, Vox's all of these things.

So we need to shake up the way we're looking at our clothes and pay a little extra and have long lasting clothes that you can use for a long time. OK, so that was a big one. It's still a much bigger topic. But between Jeff's work and Jeff's episode and the research we're providing, please look at it. Please subscribe. So you get hit with this. This is frontline stuff, people. We need to be aware of this stuff.

So sign up for fatele conveniences. Dotcom, sign up for Darrin Olean dotcom newsletter. We're getting into this stuff. It's about freedom and it's about health. Just take your power back. It's a little inconvenient at first to change your habits, but once you do, you're free. More energy, more possibility, and you don't cut yourself off hormonally at the knees and then think, why am I depressed? Why am I not feeling good? Why am I developing aches and pains?

You start to understand why we're being undercut by chemicals that are in and around us at all times. So we need the knowledge and we need to free ourselves. So that's what it's all about, being aware and then taking action appropriately. OK, I love you all. Thanks for tuning in to this one and question the clothes you're putting on your body and then start making other choices. OK, love you. Bye. Thanks for telling everyone. I hope you're feeling inspired to take a closer look at the everyday choices you're making and how they could be impacting your health and the planet.

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Oh, and if you haven't had a chance to check out the interview I released earlier in the week, here's what you missed.

People are still buying T-shirts for seven bucks the same price in the 70s. They were buying for us. So what's happening? Well, we keep moving production, manufacturing to different parts of the world that are still beating people down, building factories down, workers down say they don't have fair wages. And then we're using synthetic, cheap, cheap, cheap fabrications, you know, and we're not changing that. So it's like we're still at the same price point.

But gas has gone up, living costs has gone up, rents gone up, but not clothing because it's an addiction. And we like that. Feel good thing of I got a date next week and I'm going to buy a new dress, you know, some fast fashion company and then throw it away. The cycle is right now. It used to be about three months of a life cycle. This is they did a study in 2000 and it was like people would keep garments for about three months in the 1998.

It was like eight months. Right. Today, it's like three days that they wear it and then pass it.

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