Read the full article by Ashley Abramson (Architectural Digest).
“About eight years ago, Cat Duff, an entrepreneur from Boston, started to see danger everywhere. These weren’t your typical free-floating anxieties: masked robbers, natural disasters, global plagues. These threats were coming from inside the house. It was curtains, couches, and cleaning agents that became the boogeymen in her life. ‘I was looking into breast cancer prevention,’ Duff says. ‘My mom had breast cancer, and it got me interested.’
According to her research—she looked online and spoke with a naturopathic clinician—there were microplastics in her cookware and PFAS in her furniture. Manufacturing ingredients with names as long and complicated as their chemical compounds appeared in nearly every household item. They were full of endocrine disrupters, chemicals known to affect hormone function and increase the risk of certain cancers.
Her reaction? Get rid of it. Slowly, she began swapping things like household cleaners, kitchen tools, and even furniture with alternatives she believes to be better for her health. It was a gradual process, but all part of what she calls her ‘low-tox’ journey.” …