The average home contains hundreds of plastics, chemicals that are synthetic.

What is one exposure on the average home that is a lot more dangerous than most people realize?

These phthalates are endocrine disruptors.

Your hormones tell every single cell of your body what to do.

So when that system gets disrupted, it can throw all kinds of things off balance.

How can people start the process of detoxifying their homes without feeling overwhelmed? Laundry detergent's a big one. We're washing our clothes and our bedding in it, and then they stay on our bodies all day, every day. If you're in your bed for at least a third of your life, you're just laying up against all of these chemicals. How do you determine whether something is toxic or not? It's really simple because all you have to do is what about microwaves?

A microbiologist studied and found that shoes contained more fecal matter than toilet seeds.

Public toilet seats.

I didn't know that.

That's crazy.

Shana Holman, welcome to the podcast.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm excited.

You recently wrote a book on detoxing your household.

And this is something that a lot of people are becoming more concerned with because they're

learning and the research is coming out about all of the toxins that are in our environments. What is one everyday product that most

families trust that you would never use? I would say, we're down on the brands today.

Laundry detergent is a big one, but there are a lot of brands that people use that I used to use.

I think that's one that we really got to think about because we're washing our clothes and our bedding in it and then they stay on our bodies all day every day or especially when we're sleeping. You're in your bed for at least a third of your life. And that's where you're getting all kinds of restoration happening for your body and detoxing. And you're just laying up against all of these chemicals and fragrances all night. So that's probably a big one.

What do you recommend then if you're saying, I mean, you can't do no laundry detergent. Yeah. And I went through a period of trying to make my own laundry detergent. Don't recommend that. Some people have success. I went years really trying to make it work in it. It was soap, not detergent, so it did not work, but there are some really good options available now and more than when I started.

I started all this in 2013, and there were really very few options then. Although there still were some now, you can go to Target and find something that's a little less toxic.

How do you determine that? Just look for one that's fragrance-free. That would be a great start. Yeah.

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