How to Spot Greenwashing and Build Nontoxic Fluency
At Artisan Home Health, we see nontoxic living as preventative interior medicine, and we want to do all that we can to provide helpful information for consumers when we know that there is so much misinformation available today. Our goal is to help you spot greenwashing and build up your nontoxic knowledge so you know what’s safe and good for your health.
How Our Home Environment Impacts Our Health
The toxicants we are exposed to in utero all the way through our lives today affect our DNA, impact wellness, and influence what health challenges we may face later on. Our daily habits add up over time, and they can either move the dial toward health or toward disease.
Nontoxic Lifestyle Design aims to move the dial toward health by reducing exposure to chemicals, heavy metals, and EMFs. It echoes the old expression, “an oz of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” We want to applaud all the nontoxic living efforts you already have in place, and the fact that you are here, curious, and investing in your long-term health says a lot.
By being informed, you can be empowered in what you purchase and make small changes that matter on your own timeline. We see our role in all of this as helping to guide you in reducing your body burden and helping you have more discernment when looking at nontoxic claims that may not be true. We know this will become a superpower of yours, and around here, we like to call it nontoxic fluency. This skill will help you apply nontoxic tips & tricks to all areas of your life when presented with misinformation or conflicting opinions in the nontoxic arena.
Protecting Public Health & What Greenwashing Gets Wrong
It’s common for people to believe that governmental entities are protecting us from unsafe toxicants in the things we do, eat, and buy. To some degree, this is true, but unfortunately, entities like the EPA and FDA are underfunded and understaffed. As a result of this, we often find high levels of toxicants in children’s items, popular foods, and consumer goods that we buy.
Learning how to spot greenwashing or decipher a company’s claim that something is nontoxic is key; knowing how to decode ingredients and language around a product can reveal whether it is safe for human health. And trusting your nontoxic fluency when an influencer claims that a product is nontoxic is imperative. The good news is you only need to learn these skills once, and then they can be applied to every room in your home. That’s how you’ll have the power to protect your health and the health of your loved ones, regardless of what the marketplace says.
Thankfully, there are some positive strides being made to put better guardrails in place and protect human health. If you’re looking for ways to understand how to hold retailers responsible for providing safer products, be sure to check out Toxic Free Future and Mind the Store’s Retailer Report Card.
How to Transform Your Home Into A Nontoxic Sanctuary
We know our bodies are incredibly resilient, and priming them for health can start with cleaning up our homes. What if something as simple as a home detox could actually reduce your risk for things like hormone disruption, immune system dysfunction, and even cancer? Well, it can.
Reducing your body burden at home and in your lifestyle can start with that one small change.
At Artisan Home Health, we can help you prioritize one toxicant at a time or one room at a time. We can even get to the source of your highest exposures and make a blueprint for your unique home. For example, you can start in the rooms you spend the most time in, or you can implement an 80/20 rule whereby you do your best 80% of the time, and the other 20% is where you splurge and remove any worry about those habits. Sound simple? It’s because it is.
Integrative nontoxic living is a process that is not about perfection. It is a form of self-care and transformation that is fluid and ever changing-and you are part of a growing network of people who are walking a similar path of investing in their health just like you are. So, know that you are part of a community that shares the same values and wants transparency in the marketplace.
One by one, we can develop nontoxic fluency, shift the demand for true nontoxic options, and create a larger response from the entities that have a responsibility to protect human health.
Want to explore your own Blueprint for Nontoxic Living? We provide a concierge service to fortify your external environment so you can have the nontoxic sanctuary you deserve!
Learn more by Scheduling A Discovery Call with us and depending on what you prefer, we can support you virtually or in person in Boulder, Denver, and surrounding areas.
