Live from the 2022 Integrative Healthcare Symposium

Avoiding adverse health effects of contaminates in U.S. drinking water 

Contamination in our drinking water is one of the biggest issues of today that we aren’t paying enough attention to, said Aly Cohen, MD, FACR, at the 2022 Integrative Healthcare Symposium in New York City.

“How can we not get this right? Water is something that’s so critical to our health and something we will be using for the rest of our lives,” stated Cohen.

Cohen, MD, FACR, founder and medical director of Integrative Rheumatology Associates, began her presentation by explained what endocrine distributing compounds (ECDs) are. She defined ECDs as chemicals that put the endocrine system as risk, negatively affecting development, reproduction, neuronal function, and the immune system. According to Cohen, the dangers posed by ECDs put the fetus, infants, and adolescents at higher risks during their windows of development. Cohen said children are especially vulnerable to ECDs because they are closer to the ground, exhibit more had-to-mouth behavior, an immature metabolism and are still developing.

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