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E138. How Much Can Everyday Chemical Exposures Affect Fertility? with Dr. Carmen Messerlian
Episode 138
Tuesday, 3 November, 2026
How much can the chemicals in everyday life—in our water, food packaging, and personal care products—affect fertility? And how much of it is within our control? Dr. Carmen Messerlian is a reproductive epidemiologist and former Harvard professor who has spent her career studying how environmental exposures relate to couples' fertility and pregnancy outcomes. She is also the founder of Vie, a fertility platform for couples. We talk about body burden and why she doesn't aim for perfection, the first change she'd make at home, and why she sees the months before conception as a window of both vulnerability and opportunity for each partner. She explains how many months she suggests for preparing for conception, and that the egg that became you formed while your mother was still in your grandmother's womb. She also shares her own experience of pregnancy loss. Guests speak for themselves. Their conclusions are their own, including where they state them more firmly than the published research does. Nothing in this episode is medical advice. Follow Practical Nontoxic Living™ wherever you listen so the next conversation finds you. For Sophia's writing between episodes, subscribe to Ruan Living on Substack: https://ruanliving.substack.com Want a practical place to begin at home? Join the free Ultimate Home Detox™ Kickstart Series: https://www.ruanliving.com/ultimate-home-detox-kickstart-series Many of the exposures Carmen describes come from what we buy, own, and do every day. The Ultimate Home Detox™ is how I guide people through them: first the 40-Day Home Detox™, room by room and product by product at your own pace, then a year in the D-Tox Academy™ for the decisions that keep coming. Whether you're preparing to conceive or have reasons of your own, I read every application. Learn more about the Ultimate Home Detox → ruanliving.com/40-day-home-detox
