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Top: Marcus G. Rivas (“Dr. Detox”), air quality and solid waste specialist for U.S. EPA Region 7, explains the science behind household products.
Bottom: Host Jean Ponzi shops the cleaning product aisle of her local supermarket—
finding hazards on all sides! |
Detox Your Domicile is a positive, resource-packed half-hour program designed to educate families about hazardous waste prevention, responsible handling of toxic products in the home, and consumer alternatives to such products. Produced in St. Louis, Missouri, this show presents health and safety practices for homes in any community.
Program host Jean Ponzi, a noted St. Louis environmental educator and Green Resources Manager at the EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden, picks up consumer-safety tips in the supermarket cleaning product aisle. Interviews feature a local family, a community air quality activist who suffers from asthma, and a Poison Control specialist. “Dr. Detox,” a U.S. EPA specialist in air quality and waste management, takes viewers into his lab to learn why many kinds of household products are hazardous and how anyone can make low-cost safer cleaning alternatives, using common kitchen products like baking soda, vinegar and cream of tartar. Recycling specialists from St. Louis County and St. Charles County agencies present local resources for environmentally responsible disposal of product leftovers, once they become “HHW,” or Household Hazardous Waste.