How To Eliminate Toxic Ingredients & Products From Your Life Ft. Ken Cook, President Of The EWG

Today we're sitting down with Ken Cook, president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group. Ken is known as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture, U.S. food and farm policy and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances. Today Ken joins us for a really insightful conversation about the ingredients inside our cosmetic products and food, and how making the switch to non-toxic products doesn't have to be intimidating. He gets into the laws and lack thereof surrounding ingredient testing in the United States and gives our audience tangible tips for phasing out the toxic products that we use on a daily basis. He also dives into foods: what foods should be bought organic VS what foods are safe to eat non-organic, how to grocery shop for long term health, and what foods you should absolutely avoid.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 EWG's 30-year Evolution in Environmentalism
03:58 Environmental Exposures in Everyday Life
10:40 The Distinction Between Legal and Safe
22:17 Advertisements Interrupt Environmental Conversation
27:22 Providing Alternatives for Toxic Products
28:30 EWG's List of High-Pesticide Fruits and Vegetables
29:06 The Clean 15: A List of Fruits and Vegetables with Few Residues
31:21 Consumer Power Driving Market Change
31:56 Starting Small for Long-Term Change
33:25 Taking Control: Using EWG's SkinDeep Database to Choose Safer Products
35:43 Lack of Regulation in the Personal Care Products Industry
40:08 The Importance of Personal Accountability in Avoiding Toxic Exposure
43:24 The Presence of Glyphosate in Cheerios
46:26 Industry Resistance and Personal Action in Environmental Protection
52:04 Beauty Products to Avoid?
53:23 Examining Personal Care Products
58:16 Hopeful Opportunities for Environmentalism in Daily Life
1:02:40 Men's Environmental Health Awareness
1:03:44 Finding Information on Safer Products


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