‘The Green Home Doctor’ Matt Danielson and Lizzie Grossman

“The Green Home Doctor,” Matt Danielson, talks to John and Mike about a revelation he had on an airplane. Danielson, who was flying around the country often for a prior job, realized he needed to make a change in his carbon footprint. Two years later, he has changed his entire way of living and thinking with Green Home Doctors, a Minnesota-based home audit service that helps people conserve the most energy possible in their homes.

Using thermal imaging, Danielson and his crew can show homeowners where and how they are losing energy out of their homes. Oftentimes, it is just an easy fix or a small tweak that is preventing a home from being far more efficient.

“Once people start taking this ‘green journey,’ they become hooked,” Danielson says of switching to the green-living mindset. “We feel we contribute to that change.”

Later in the show, Lizzie Grossman discusses her latest book, Chasing Molecules. The book examines how synthetic chemicals — virtually anything that wouldn’t normally exist in nature — are effecting our lives. In Grossman’s research, the truth came out.

“Persistent and pervasive consumer chemicals are getting into the atmosphere, into the water, into food and eventually making their way into our bodies,” Grossman says. “I wanted to know how and why this was happening, and if there was a way to solve these problems.”

The realization that bits of these chemicals can leech out of products and into our bodies is a very real concern. The effects are numerous and wide spanning: Several internal systems, from the immune system to the cardiovascular system, are at risk. Grossman discusses all-natural solutions, and tells listeners what they can do to lower their risk.

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