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The Eco Well podcast

Oct 29, 2019

Economics and business as we know it are broken, and they're amplifying many of our societal problems - our environment being a big one. Can we actually make meaningful steps to addressing climate change, for example, unless we solve this core problem that's fueling it? *New podcast alert*
 
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Oct 22, 2019

In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Anke Ginzburg - a long time coming conversation all about INCI. What is it, why do we use it, and important details that brands and consumers should know, including regulations on ingredient listings. Disclaimer - with Anke located in Europe and myself in Canada, our conversation was a...


Oct 16, 2019

This episode featured the panel discussion from our Toronto Green Beauty Night that happened just over a week ago. What is ‘green beauty’? Most commonly, when we talk about sustainability in cosmetics, it’s often coming from a place of misinformation - from chemophobia and fear-mongering to fallacies of thinking...


Interview with Megan Sieg about the Toxicology of Cosmetics

Oct 8, 2019

In this episode, I spoke with Megan Sieg (@megmadeup14), PhD student studying human exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and their impacts on the brain. What does it mean to be an endocrine disruptor? Are our cosmetic products really ‘estrogenic’? We took a deep dive into this topic, and explored a few cases...


Oct 1, 2019

A follow up from our global climate strike, this episode featured a conversation with Dr. Shahir Masri - author of the book Beyond Debate: Answers to 50 Misconceptions about Climate Change, Co-founder of a project called On the Road for Climate Action. Shahir is also an Assistant Specialist in Air Pollution Exposure...