“Your zip code predicts your health better than your genetic code. Zip code is a proxy for things like socioeconomic status, racism, and environmental pollution.” - Dr. Robert Wright
Monday October 3rd, was the kickoff of our Fall series: Demanding a World without Toxics.
We welcomed Dr Robert Wright from The Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research to discuss how materials that surround us affect human health. If you weren’t able to join the lively discussion, you can still watch the recording.
The audience asked a lot of great questions during Dr. Wright’s presentation. We thought that the following references might be useful to understand more about toxics and the built environment:
Healthy Buildings is an important source of building related information and ventilation protocols
HPD’s the case for transparency explains why we need to know chemical ingredients in our building products.
Martha Lewis on dangerous chemicals and the building trade.
Six classes of toxic chemicals and where you will find them.
Shanna Swan on the impact of toxic chemicals on our reproductive system.
Dr. Wright mentioned the wearable “My exposome” device.
Demanding a World without Toxics continues on October 20th at 12pm EST as we hear from sustainability experts at MillerKnoll about Carbon, Chemical and Compliance.