Hormones play a vital role in keeping your body regulated, especially when it comes to fertility. Your hormones and your hormone responses are in charge of keeping your body functioning correctly.

You may be shocked to discover that the personal care and makeup brands many women use every day often contain ingredients that are called endocrine disruptors. These chemicals affect the body's endocrine system, which researchers say could be extremely harmful to not only fertility, but the ability to breastfeed as well. Although this information is significant for pregnant women and those hoping to soon be pregnant, every woman needs to pay closer attention to what goes into these everyday makeup products.

"We are all routinely exposed to endocrine disruptors, and this has the potential to significantly harm the health of our youth," Renee Sharp, The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Director of Research, said in a press release. "It’s important to do what we can to avoid them, but at the same time we can’t shop our way out of the problem. We need real chemical policy reform."

Check out the EWG's list of the Dirty Dozen products to avoid.