shWELLter

shWELLter AI builds specialized A.I. powered workflows that enable interior designers to prioritize wellness + sustainability when selecting materials.

3 takeaways:

1) greenwashing is pervasive among consumer products including building materials, interior finishes, and furnishings.

2) "green" does not always mean "healthy."

3) differentiating credible claims from greenwashing can be challenging.

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Kate Waddick, Founder of shWELLter, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Building materials, interior finishes, and furnishings release chemicals of concern within homes usually via volatilization, abrasion, and degradation. 

2) Occupants are exposed to released chemicals of concern via inhalation, ingestion, and/or dermal absorption. 

3) Exposures to chemicals of concern with in homes can be reduced by selecting preferable building materials, interior finishes, and furnishings. 

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Kate Waddick, Founder of shWELLter, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Billions of pounds of chemicals of concern are directly and indirectly released into the environment every year. 

2) Once released into the environment, chemicals of concern end up in the water we drink, food we eat, and air we breath. 

3) The effects of chemicals of concern in our environment can be far reaching and long lasting. 

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Kate Waddick, Founder of shWELLter, focuses on seven classifications of chemicals of concern:

1) Asthmagens, 

2) Carcinogens, 

3) Endocrine Disruptors, 

4) Obesogens, 

5) Neurotoxicants, 

6) Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants, and

7) Sensitizers.

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Kate Waddick, Founder of shWELLter, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Current federal regulations addressing the use of chemicals of concern are neither comprehensive nor protective. 

2) California's leadership in implementing protective regulations has had successful results. 

3) Leveraging your purchasing power is an effective way to incentivize manufacturers to create safer products. 

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Kate Waddick, Founder of shWELLter, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Biomonitoring identifies which chemicals of concern people are exposed to. 

2) Biomonitoring demonstrates that exposure to chemicals of concern is widespread. 

3) Biomonitoring provides evidence that regulated phaseouts of chemicals of concern likely reduce exposures. 

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Kate Waddick, Founder of shWELLter, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Over 40+ different authoritative research, regulatory, and advocacy organizations identify substances as "chemicals of concern." 

2) Differing criteria is used by these authoritative organizations to identify substances as "chemicals of concern." 

3) Substances identified as "chemicals of concern" may be associated with a range of hazard levels and hazard endpoints. 

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Kate Waddick, Founder of shWELLter, focuses on eight mechanisms: 

1) altering or damaging DNA; 

2) modifying epigenetics; 

3) disrupting the endocrine system; 

4) eliciting an allergic response; 

5) altering or misdirecting the immune system; 

6) influencing the microbiota;

7) contributing to synergistic or additive effects; and

8) exacerbating pre-existing conditions.

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Kate Waddick, Founder of shWELLter, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Multiple factors influence the likelihood of developing adverse health effects. 

2) Most adverse health effects are not caused solely by a person's inherited "bad" genes. 

3) Estimating the likelihood of developing adverse health effects as a result of exposure to chemicals of concern has scientific limitations. 

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