Episode 104: Greenwashing: Becoming an Educated Consumer
Companies have learned a new marketing trick: Greenwashing. Brands know that consumers are now on the lookout for toxins like BPA and parabens, but unfortunately, that doesn't mean they have switched to healthier or safer ingredients. So it's up to us to learn how to read the labels and understand how these ingredients are affecting us. This episode is your first step to becoming an educated consumer!
In this episode, you will learn more about:
What Greenwashing marketing and labeling can look like and how to recognize it
How to look up products to see what ingredients are in it
Tricks to recognizing problematic ingredients
Ingredients/chemicals mentioned in this episode
BPA / BPS
Parabens
Methylisothiazolinone
Phenoxythanol
Phthalates
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