The Eco Well podcast

Botanical extracts is a huge and complex topic that touches on so many areas of science. From botany to agriculture to pharma and so on. There is so much going on to get to a quality extract in a beauty product. Some brands do their due dilligence, many do not, leading to a wide array of extracts on the market. To help us grapple with this huge topic, this episode features none other than Prof Monique Simmonds PhD, who is IMO an icon in the botanical research arena. If you want to know about the intracies of extracts, this convo will give you some groundwork!
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In case you weren't aware, bad science is a really big problem, driven by some of the very skewed incentives within publishing right now. I've covered this topic from many angles over the years on the podcast; for this episode we'll dig into the medicine side of things. And how the pressures for research output from residency applicants might be creating the perfect storm for all sorts of misconduct issues. What's been happening? Why is it happening? Why does it matter? And what should you know? To help me do the topic justice, this episode featured a roundtable discussion with research integrity researcher, Dr Reese Richardson, and cardiologist, Dr Rohin Francis, AKA Medlife Crisis.
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Is hair care really the cause of hair loss that a lot of people attribute it to be? How does this vary, and how do hair care brands navigate this so that this isn't a problem? To help us navigate the topic, this week's episode features cosmetic chemist and hair care product developer, Dr Cicely Shillingford PhD. We get into the science, what's behind hair loss and how hair care may or may not be involved with that, the class action lawsuits we've seen over the years, and more.
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Is formaldehyde in cosmetics something everyday consumers actually have to be worried about? What does the science actually have to say about this? To help me unpack the topic, this week's episode features the POVs of toxicologist, Dr Joe Zagorski, and cosmetic chemist, Gabrielle Dwyer. The right expertises - which are often missed in popular reporting - to help do this topic justice. This convo will give you a run down of what you should know about formaldehyde in cosmetics. Spoiler: this topic has a ton of misinformation around it that's had pretty profound impacts on the cosmetics industry...
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This podcast features another roundtable discussion, this time on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which is becoming increasingly important to the beauty industry. If you are a beauty brand that hasn't heard of EPR yet, you need to change that ASAP, trust me! Some of the potential fines of not complying with the new rules that are cropping up are upwards of 50k USD PER DAY! This convo featured  general EPR consultant Dr Michael Washburn, and the beauty industry specific view point of Dr Akemi Ooka, who is the CEO of the trade association independent beauty association, who's been doing a lot of work on the EPR front. My hope is that by the end of this discussion, you'll have a good 101 of what's been happening, and if you're a brand, a good diving board so you can take the right steps to keep up!
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