{"id":16544,"date":"2017-07-17T21:02:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T11:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=16544"},"modified":"2024-06-30T06:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T20:40:50","slug":"are-there-toxic-chemicals-in-your-yoga-pants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=16544","title":{"rendered":"Are There Toxic Chemicals in Your Yoga Pants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/toxic-chemicals-in-yoga-pants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16545\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/toxic-chemicals-in-yoga-pants-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"Are There Toxic Chemicals in Your Yoga Pants\" width=\"763\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI received this from Ty Bollinger at The Truth About Cancer and thought it worth sharing with you.<br \/>\nHi Tom,<br \/>\nIn the past few years yoga pants have become synonymous with lounging around the house, running errands or heading to the gym.<br \/>\nThey\u2019ve become almost a default outfit for most women because they\u2019re handy, comfortable, and you can wear them on just about any occasion.<br \/>\nBut what you may not know, is that these comfy pants could be making you (and everyone else) sick.<br \/>\nResearch has shown that hazardous chemicals such as phthalates, perfluorinated chemicals, dimethylformamide, and others are found in most sportswear.<br \/>\nThere have been numerous studies showing that the substances used to make yoga pants contain known hormone disruptors and even have direct links to cancer.<br \/>\nThis article by Elon Jacobs outlines some of the risks of wearing yoga pants on a daily basis (and it\u2019s not just limited to women).<br \/>\nMen\u2019s workout gear contains the same harmful chemicals and have been linked to testicular and other cancers as well.<br \/>\nNo one&#8217;s saying that you shouldn\u2019t wear these cozy pants, but you might not want to wear them all day, every day.<br \/>\nGo here to learn more about the chemicals in your yoga pants.<br \/>\nLet me know what you think about this article in the comments section below the article.<br \/>\nNamaste,<br \/>\nTy Bollinger<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thetruthaboutcancer.com\/toxins-synthetic-fabrics\/?utm_campaign=toxins-synthetic-fabrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/thetruthaboutcancer.com\/toxins-synthetic-fabrics\/?utm_campaign=toxins-synthetic-fabrics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received this from Ty Bollinger at The Truth About Cancer and thought it worth sharing with you. Hi Tom, In the past few years yoga pants have become synonymous with lounging around the house, running errands or heading to the gym. They\u2019ve become almost a default outfit for most women because they\u2019re handy, comfortable, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=16544\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Are There Toxic Chemicals in Your Yoga Pants?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52012,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16544\/revisions\/52012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}