It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the

sunscreen of course, you name it, I'm fitting it in before Labor Day. Wherever you're off to this summer, know that you're taking your microbiome with you. And seeds

D.S. 1 daily symbiotic benefits your gut, your skin, your heart in just two capsules a day. Now if you've been around here for a while you know that I pay close attention to what I put in my body I do my d darndest, to avoid synthetic ingredients, and that's why I trust seed.

Support your gut this summer with seeds, DS01, daily symbiotic.

Go to seed.com

sustainable and use code 25 sustainable to get 25%

off your first month.

That's 25% off your first month of seeds, DS01, daily symbiotic at seed.com slash sustainable,

code 25 sustainable.

Hello there, welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 264 of sustainable minimalists,

a twice-weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.

On today's show, we are discussing P-FAS chemicals, aka Forever Chemicals.

P-FAS has gotten an awful lot of media coverage lately.

And so if you've heard something about P-FAS chemicals, you don't know what they are, you want to know what they are. This episode is for you.

Today I'm speaking with Kevin Loria. Kevin is a senior reporter for Consumer Reports

he covers health and science and he extensively covered consumer reports

research into the prevalence of PFAS in food packaging.

Kevin really thrilled to talk to you today. Let's start with who you are,

what you do, and how you found yourself covering Forever Chemicals.

Yes, so thank you for having me. I am a senior health and science reporter at Consumer Reports.

Over the past couple of years, I've obviously spent a lot of time covering COVID, but aside from that one of the primary

things that I write about is environmental health. So we take a look at the way

...