A short talk outlining practical strategies to reduce exposure to immune-disrupting chemicals. The speaker presents a framework called the “four A’s” — Assess, Avoid/Swap, Add, and Allow — and gives everyday examples (product swaps, pragmatic allowances) for reducing chemical exposures while balancing life.
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And what are those things that you recommend people focus on, but you want to assess, first thing and see where these things might be coming in. The second thing of the forays is avoid or swap. So avoiding by reduction of products we may not even need in the first place or not want because we've been marketed to. We can also swap. We can swap to products we do like, like a cleaner lip balm or a body spray or, you know, a self tanner. I use the other day was a level one on EWG because my legs are so white. We just came out of winter. There's lots of choices that we have and we can either reduce or swap. The third A, by the way, out of the four A's, is add. What are we adding into our bodies to make it thrive? We can get into that. And then the last A, since we're on it, is allow, which is life. It's my hair coloring. It's my lacrosse game I have to go to in a couple hours to see my kids on really toxic turf. It's allow. It's travel. It's birthday cake. And you need that piece in order to do some of the harder change outs. I think.