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Sustainable Minimalists

Reducing Home Toxins (Without Spending $$)

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Too often, conversations about reducing home toxins center themselves around replacement: Get rid of your mattress and buy a new one. Toss your plastic Tupperware and replace with glass. And that plastic shower curtain liner? It has got to go. But replacing items that are in otherwise fine working order wastes money; it wastes environmental resources, too. Today I’m speaking with environmental engineer (and podcast host!) Emma Rohmann. Emma offers her practical and impartial voice to the low-tox conversation by... Read More The post Reducing Home Toxins (Without Spending $$) appeared first on Sustainable Minimalists. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0

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1:00.7

Hello, welcome back.

1:04.0

My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 248 of

1:08.0

sustainable minimalists, a twice weekly show about intentional

1:12.0

and eco-minimalist living. On today's show we're

1:14.9

discussing how to lower the amount of toxins in your home without spending any

1:20.3

money. All too often the conversation surrounding low-toxin living has to do with replacement.

1:28.3

Replace your plastic bags with silicone bags.

1:31.9

Replace your flame retardant mattress with a natural brand.

1:37.0

Replace your Teflon pans with non-stick pans. While yes replacement does have its place in the

1:47.0

low talks conversation, replacement demands an awful lot of resources

1:53.4

and an awful lot of privilege.

1:55.5

So today I'm speaking with Emma Roman,

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