RADICALLY NATURAL

1907 marked the beginning of a new era, when the first fully synthetic plastic, known as Bakelite was invented. It was advertised as "the material of 1000 uses." In just one hundred and twenty years, plastic has become so thoroughly embedded in the architecture of civilization, in packaging, textiles, food contact materials, storage, transport and medical systems and industrial systems as well as thousands of ordinary objects of daily life, that its fragments now circulate th

When you become immersed in the world of modern chemical contaminants, doing enough digging and enough researching often leads to mounds of information amid the public record. Information that may astonish you, leave you in shock, or surprise you in the worst way. Atrazine is one of those compounds. But, the reports and documentation only stir so much, the real shock comes from what is left out and possibly dismissed. Atrazine is a chlorinated herbicide used to prevent broadl

I spent years trying to figure out what was happening inside my son’s body. Years of logging, eliminating, reintroducing, sitting in waiting rooms, reading studies at midnight, and learning to trust my own observations more than I trusted the reassurances I kept receiving. When my research led me to a published peer-reviewed paper in Interdisciplinary Toxicology by Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff, my reality supernova’d. They presented an argument that glyphosate may be t

The moment when a substance is released into the environment is brief… A spray over a field. An emission from a stack. A particle shed from a synthetic material. What follows is not. Persistence is the defining factor of modern contamination. It determines how long a compound remains active after its release, and how many systems it has time to move through before it degrades. If it degrades at all. This extends beyond isolated exposure. It is propagation. Expansion. A co

There is a smell people associate with "clean." Sharp. Sometimes sweet. Sometimes crisp. You may notice it in hotels, department stores, indoor public spaces, folded into the air as familiar. It greets people in hospitals. It trails strangers on elevators. It rises from mop buckets and hangs in classroom air. By the time a child is old enough to name it, the association is already complete. That smell is "clean." But is it? Synthetic fragrance is not made of one thing. It i

Even the protection is synthetic The days are getting longer. Warmth greets you as you step outside. You feel a pull toward open windows, bare feet on grass, the intoxicating anticipation of renewal, growth, and new beginnings. The cold confinement is coming to a close. I feel it too. Every year, without fail, I feel it. Spring And then the reality of what spring means in our modern world sets in. Modern Chemical Toxicity. In less than one hundred years we have completely sat

Intact Polymer Foam Whether you're a licensed contractor or a first time DIYer, you’ve run into a situation where something doesn't fit. Minor issue. You simply decide to trim it down. You don’t pause before trimming a board that carries certifications. You don’t read the patent before making a necessary cut. Who does that? You reach for the blade and make the necessary cut because the job requires it, and the material is safe… it says so, and you have no reason not to belie

You don't have to identify as "organic." You don't have to shop at natural grocers. You don't have to remove plastics from your home. You don't even have to care about environmental living. No matter your stance on the "go green" movement, the fact is that the things that surround you still enter your body. Air moves. Particles travel. Geography affects everyone. The emphasis is not who believes what, or follows what, or buys what. The emphasis is what we are all being expose

I'm a writer. I always have been. Since I was a young child, I have loved to express myself through writing. It is my art. Words have never failed me. And yet this mission... this purpose that means everything to me, that I've dedicated my adult life to... has been the hardest thing I've ever tried to articulate. I've never been someone who struggles to put feelings into words. Until Evernorth. Nothing sounded right. Nothing felt authentic. The truth, the awareness, the veil

Over the summer months, Evernorth has been building a network, fundraising, and shaping a tangible movement for an underserved community....

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They say not to go down the rabbit hole (whoever "they" are). But that's exactly what I did, and I dare you to do the same. For years my...

Once designed to shuttle children into instiutions has been transformed from something that represented a mainstream agenda into a safe haven... or so we had hoped. We bought a school bus, did the research, and then we stripped it to its core, and rebuilt it using natural materials less likely to cause inflammation or trigger reactions. We thought this would provide sanctuary. We stripped it bare and rebuilt, albeit before we knew better of certain materials. Before we had be

We built an entire kitchen out of glass, stainless steel, and silicone. We glove up to cook. We inspect every ingredient. We don't eat...