Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality

by Emily Morrow

a study in an American Academy of Pediatrics publication that concluded that childhood exposure to indoor insecticides was linked to a nearly 50 percent increased risk of childhood leukemia and lymphoma.

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Study after study shows that polyester underwear is detrimental to sperm count in men.

Where you can, try to choose products that have third-party certifications for being nontoxic, like OEKO-TEX, UL GREENGUARD, FSC, GOTS, and GOLS.

Living a crunchy life is all about minimizing your toxic load.

Angela Hanscom, a pediatric occupational therapist and author of the book Balanced and Barefoot, suggests children should be barefoot as much as possible,

We are becoming self-obsessed and practicing self-worship in the name of self-care.

“Holy God, I surrender this worry to you. Your will be done over this.”