Home Air Quality
The EPA ranks indoor air among the top five environmental health risks. Most contributors are products you chose to buy. This collection replaces the six highest-impact household categories.
Synthetic fragrance in cleaning products releases VOCs including formaldehyde, benzene, and toluene into enclosed air. Conventional dishwasher pods dissolve PVA plastic film into your water supply with every wash. Chlorine-bleached paper delivers dioxins to mucosal tissue at point of use.
Optical brighteners from laundry detergent remain in fabric and fluoresce against skin for 24 hours per wash cycle. The clean home is a meaningful reduction in the aggregate chemical load entering the body through inhalation, ingestion, and skin contact during the hours you are most physiologically vulnerable.
Read the full article →Start with laundry — highest daily skin-contact surface area. Add kitchen and paper products in any order. Every product is EWG listed or Prop 65 certified at minimum.