Advocating for Safe and Just Cleaning
Persistent and Pervasive: Feminists Take on Toxics
English - January 18, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsDocumentary Society & Culture Science Natural Sciences environmental racism environmental justice activism environmental health intersectionality feminism toxic chemicals environmental policy feminist Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In Part 2 of our mini-series on toxic chemicals in cleaning products, we focus on the efforts of organizers, domestic workers and scientists to strive towards safe and healthy working conditions, as well as job security and benefits for those in the cleaning work sector. We speak with an organizer with the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance, a chemical engineer working to ensure that safer chemicals are used in consumer products, and a founder of a worker-owned cleaning coop. All of these solutions combined are helping to ensure that domestic workers are respected and treated with dignity, have safe working conditions, and have a path to build economic security for themselves and their families.
TO LEARN MORE:
Links to organizations mentioned in this episode:
National Domestic Workers Alliance: https://www.domesticworkers.org/
Make the Road NY: https://maketheroadny.org/
Safe and Just Cleaners: https://safeandjustcleaners.org/
Women’s Voices for the Earth: https://www.womensvoices.org/
ALIA: https://www.myalia.org/
Toxics Use Reduction Institute: https://www.turi.org/
Brazilian Women’s Group:http://verdeamarelo.org/bwg/
Vida Verde: http://verdeamarelo.org/vidaverde/
Hand in Hand: https://domesticemployers.org/
Resources to identify safer cleaning products:
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Safer Choice: https://www.epa.gov/saferchoice
US Environmental Protection Agency DFE certified disinfectants:https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-labels/dfe-certified-disinfectants
Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) List of Safer Disinfectant Products: https://www.turi.org/Our_Work/Cleaning_Laboratory/COVID-19_Safely_Clean_Disinfect/Safer_Disinfecting_Products/List_of_Safer_Disinfecting_Products
City of San Francisco - SF Approved cleaning products: https://www.sfapproved.org/cleaners-homes-small-businesses
Green Seal: https://greenseal.org/
EcoLogo: https://www.ul.com/services/ecologo-certification
Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Registry: https://www.c2ccertified.org/products/registry
Environmental Working Group (EWG) Verified™: https://www.ewg.org/ewgverified/cleaning-products.php
Apps:
Clearya: https://www.clearya.com/
Think Dirty: https://thinkdirtyapp.com/
Detox Me: https://silentspring.org/detox-me-app-tips-healthier-living