But this is also true that products can be labeled organic in the skincare industry,

the health and beauty industry, and it means absolutely nothing, right?

There's no, like, they can really label whatever they want, all natural, organic,

whatever they want to put on the label.

And it's just meaningless.

So I tell people ignore the front label.

You got to just turn it over and look at ingredients because that's the only way you're going to know. The takeaway in the cynical

little rant I'm going on is that when you're living in the United States, the bottom line is

your government isn't going to do this for you. You have to take greater responsibility for your

health care. Period. That's all it means. There are bills.

There are federal bills that have been waiting for votes for years to start to ban chemicals that we know are unsafe. We have over 85,000 chemicals approved for use in our personal

care and household products of this country. less than 200 have been tested for safety.

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum

support specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board

certified lactation consultant. And this is the Down to Birth podcast.

Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying

experience in today's medical culture? Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.

Hi, I'm Carly Hartwig.

I am a new mom.

I had my daughter at home back in April.

And my full-time gig is I work in a school for students with special needs. I'm a behavior analyst, but my part-time gig is that I am a fertility awareness educator who will

be certified in the very near future and also as a holistic reproductive health practitioner.

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