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Episode 215: How to Raise Non-Toxic Kids in a Toxic World with David Steinman\n\nDavid Steinman is an award-winning journalist who has written best-selling and critically acclaimed books on the environment and health. His work in the area of safe cosmetics, taken from the forthcoming book Raising Healthy Kids is featured in the HBO Max documentary Not So Pretty.\n\nHis investigative reporting and writing have won awards from Best of the West, California Newspaper Publishers\u2019 Association, Sierra Club, and the Green Book Festival.\n\nHe\u2019s also the full-time chief officer of the non-profit Chemical Toxin Working Group (CTWG, also known as the Healthy Living Foundation), a public-interest environmental and consumer advocacy organization that takes legal action and litigates on behalf of consumers and the environment. CTWG has won major court and legal cases against brands such as Herbal Essences, Pantene, Chicken of the Sea, Bumble Bee, Alberto VO5, Trader Joe\u2019s, and Mrs. Meyers for selling products with high amounts of toxic chemicals that required their removal or labeling. \n\nKey Topics:\n- What the research says about toxins\n- How toxins harm our health\n- How to avoid fragrance in products and the impact on kids\u2019 brain and reproductive development \n- Myths about toxins and eating organic\n- What products to avoid\n- Where to start limiting toxins\n\nPre-order David\u2019s new book Raising Healthy Kids and learn more about him at DavidSteinman.us\n\nSponsors:\nKiwico - get your first month free at any crate line at kiwico.com/spark\n\nAquaTru - get 20% off any AquaTru air purifier at aquatru.com and use the code spark