Hidden Exposures: Women’s Health & MCS: Adrianna Trifunovski & Caroline Barakat, PhD

This episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast explores something many listeners live every day: toxic exposures hidden in everyday products.

I’m speaking with researcher Adrianna Trifunovski and environmental health professor Dr. Caroline Barakat about their study on women’s awareness, beliefs, and avoidance of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in personal care and household products.

We discuss:

Which chemicals many women recognizeWhich fly under the radarHow symptoms drive behaviorAnd what their findings mean for people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity—and for public health more broadly.

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Link - 2025 paper by Barakat and Trifunovski:

"Analysis of Women’s Knowledge, Health Risk Perceptions, Beliefs and Avoidance Behaviour in Relation to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Personal Care and Household Products."

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12116110/

#MultipleChemicalSensitivity #MCS #MCSAdvocacy #InvisibleIllnessAwareness #SafeHealthcareSpaces #ChemicalIntolerance #EnvironmentalDisability

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