346: How to Protect Your Family from Everyday Toxins | Lindsay Dahl

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Nutrition, Education, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Lindsay Dahl is a powerhouse activist, mom, and social impact leader who’s spent her career getting toxic chemicals out of our homes and off store shelves. In this episode, Lindsay breaks down exactly where harmful toxins are hiding, what laws have changed because of advocacy, and how you can make cleaner choices without breaking the bank. We talk about greenwashing, hormone disruptors like BPA and phthalates, and what to prioritize when trying to reduce your toxic load. Whether you’re a parent, policymaker, or just someone trying to make better decisions at the store, Lindsay’s insights from decades of work in advocacy and brands like Beautycounter and Ritual will empower you to take action. → Leave Us A Voice Message! Topics Discussed: → What toxic chemicals are hiding in your home? → How can you lower your toxic load affordably? → Which products are the worst for hormone disruption? → How do you make your home safer for kids and babies? Sponsored By: → Be Well By Kelly Protein Powder & Essentials | Get $10 off your order with PODCAST10 at bewellbykelly.com. → AG1 | Get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3+K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first subscription at drinkAG1.com/bewell → Fatty 15 | You can get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to fatty15.com/KELLY15 and using code KELLY15 at checkout. Timestamps: → 00:00:00 - Introduction → 00:01:49 - Environmental health basics → 00:04:07 - Toxins in your home → 00:06:24 - Chemical history 101 → 00:09:39 - Key policy wins → 00:11:47 - Clean brand advice → 00:17:30 - Detox your home → 00:21:59 - Call your rep → 00:24:18 - Greenwashing + BPAs → 00:29:41 - Budget-friendly swaps → 00:32:02 - Lower your toxic load → 00:35:04 - Should you test? → 00:37:28 - Lead laws + future → 00:40:02 - 3rd party labels → 00:43:01 - Health effects → 00:47:01 - Baby + toddler safety → 00:50:01 - Clean your floors → 00:52:36 - Water + air filters → 00:55:39 - How to get involved Show Links: → SaferStates.org Check Out Lindsay: → Website: https://lindsaydahl.com/ → Instagram: @lindsay_dahl → Book: Cleaning House Check Out Kelly: → Instagram → Youtube → Facebook

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0:00.0	various different toxic chemicals, not all chemicals, have links to different things like
0:05.6	harming and developing brain or cancer, hormone disruption. And so the question now becomes,
0:11.8	how can we ask harder questions before we release a lot of these chemicals into the consumer
0:16.8	marketplace? They should be proven safe long before they hit store shelves.
0:21.9	You're listening to Be Well by Kelly Leveck.
0:27.5	In today's episode, I welcome Lindsay Dahl, a mom, activist, and nationally recognized
0:32.7	social impact leader who has played a pivotal role in passing more than 30 state and federal
0:37.2	laws to eliminate
0:38.1	toxic chemicals from consumer products and the environment. Her advocacy work has been featured
0:43.5	in publications such as The New York Times, Fast Company, and Vogue. Over the years, Lindsay has held
0:49.5	leadership roles in influential environmental health organizations, including safer chemicals,
0:53.8	healthy families,
0:55.0	and has brought her mission-driven mindset to leading consumer brands like ritual and beauty counter.
1:00.2	She currently serves on the board of toxic-free future and the Chamber of Mothers.
1:05.1	Cleaning House is her debut book, a powerful call to action for families, policymakers, and businesses
1:10.4	to prioritize health and the safety in everyday products.
1:14.8	Lindsay, it is such a pleasure to welcome you to the show. I feel like you have been the scientific expert for brands that are so trusted like ritual and beauty counter,
1:23.4	always breaking down the science and the studies. You've been an activist for so long. And now your book is
1:29.0	here, Cleaning House, the fight to rid our homes of toxic chemicals. It's so fun to have you on the show,
1:36.3	and I'm really just excited to learn. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here.
1:41.0	So obviously, if anyone has followed along with you, you have been fighting this fight for
1:46.5	decades and representing brands, like I said, that were all about transparency and ingredient
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