Did you know that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that our indoor air quality can sometimes be even worse than our outdoor air quality?

This means that we have to do everything we can to help improve the air quality in our homes. Welcome back to Essential Oil Solutions

with Dutera, the podcast where you'll hear exciting, useful, and simple everyday uses for

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appreciate hearing from you. Today we're excited to talk to Becca Nixon, Vice President of Global

Product Innovation and Lifestyle for Dutera, about toxins in the air. Becca, thank you so much

for being here today. Oh, thank you so much for having me.

So my first question for you is kind of a big one to get into, but what are toxins?

That is a big one. And there are a number of origins for toxins. Some are biologically natural,

such as those found in certain plants like poison ivy. Some are biologically natural, such as those found in certain plants like poison

ivy. Some are synthetic, such as chlorine. And some are the result of a chemical reaction,

such as smoke. That is interesting. So how do the toxins get from being all around us into our

bodies? Well, there are several ways toxins make

their way into our bodies, but the main ones are through the air we breathe, the food we eat,

and the things we touch. So basically, avoiding all toxins is impossible. But luckily,

our bodies have multiple ways of eliminating toxins when they

stay under a certain level. Or I like to refer to this as, you know, our toxic threshold or

toxic load. These elimination processes are challenged when we pass our threshold through

higher exposure, build up, or even a failure

to assist our bodies with these processes through cleansing practices.

So you mentioned that they can even be in the air we breathe.

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