Students who view more social media use more products that often harbor hormone-disrupting ingredients

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Rutgers researchers found that high school students who consume more social media content, such as beauty tutorials and influencer posts, tend to use more personal care products that often contain hormone-disrupting chemicals. These products are significant sources of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals among youth.

Personal care products are among the largest everyday sources of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and high school students who follow social media influencers or watch beauty tutorials seem to use considerably more of them, according to Rutgers researchers.