An Encore Presentation: Ken Cook on Your Health and the Environment
In this encore episode of Health Gig, Doro and Tricia have a conversation with Ken Cook, President & Co-Founder of the Environmental Working Group. He talks about his decades of experience as a writer and lobbyist who is dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. Ken shares a few resources, including the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen lists, and the Tap Water Database, and provides listeners with advice and tips for healthy living.
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qUOTES:
“In pursuing good health, you want to interact with the environment around you in a thoughtful, smart way.” - Ken Cook
“Now that consumers have this power to make things happen, the way change occurs is very different. It's not science coming forward, government making changes, industry complying and consumers benefiting. Now it's science coming forward, consumers seeing it, acting on it.” - Ken Cook
“We learn from the Dirty Dozen that giving people something that they could build on and feel positive about was really in sync with those learning moments to give people a sense of victory.” –Ken Cook
Show Notes:
It’s important for consumers to understand the differences between organic and conventional farming, including pesticide use and regulatory standards, to make informed choices.
Addressing concerns about how food and products are processed can be accomplished through labels, which allows consumers to be more thoughtful about the foods they eat, how they clean their homes, and their personal care products.
When people take charge of their lives and take steps to make progress and feel empowered, they are likely to stick with good habits.
Humans are intimately related to the environment, no matter where we live or how we live.
It's also important to acknowledge that you don’t have to do everything perfectly or make multiple decisions at once.
It's more important for EWG to empower people and get them on a path of learning and forming new habits, and having personal environmental wins.
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