How do you know which products and ingredients are safe to use? Are nontoxic ingredients also eco-friendly? In this episode, we interview Amy Ziff, founder of MADE SAFE: the first human health and eco-friendly nontoxic certification program. Amy shares why nontoxic options are so important to health and the planet, where to find affordable chemical free products, and simple ways you can start choosing cleaner options today. 

Amy Ziff is an ingredient expert, healthy living educator, writer, and mother who helps people transform their consumer decisions. The MADE SAFE platform helps you reduce the use of harmful chemicals and find certified products that are safe and clean for the whole family. 

Discussed in this episode:

• Why safe ingredients matter
• How to tell if an ingredient is safe
• What the MADE SAFE certification is and how to use it
• The science on harmful chemicals in products today
• What happens when people eliminate chemicals to live a nontoxic lifestyle
• How to detox your home (and the #1 chemical to remove immediately)
• Skincare, makeup, and nontoxic beauty products
• Several basic rules and “poison P’s” we all should be aware of

“What the ‘organic’ seal is for food, Made Safe is for products. It sets a standard of scientific principles by which we assess ingredients, materials, and substances that go into the things we use every day to determine whether or not they’re using safe ingredients.” - Amy Ziff

Related to this episode:

• Visit MADE SAFE: www.madesafe.org 
• Follow @MadeSafeHQ and @Amy.Ziff on Instagram
• Connect with @MADESAFE on Facebook
• App for sleep: Breethe App 

• Resources and episodes on Breaking Taboos

• Resources and episodes on Pregnancy & Motherhood

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