Toxic Fashion: Alden Wicker

The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast

Episode 35 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!

It’s called “Toxic Fashion.”

It features a conversation with Alden Wicker, author of “To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick – and How we can Fight Back.”

The book explores the impacts of clothing made with synthetic materials and dyes derived from fossil fuels.

In this interview, Wicker talks about the connection between clothing, textiles, and MCS.

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1. Toxic Fashion: Alden Wicker (00:00:00)

2. Podcast intro (00:00:05)

3. Alden Introduces herself and the book “To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion is Making Us Sick- and How We Can Fight Back.” (00:03:20)

4. Alden discuss her knowledge about MCS before writing the boook (00:08:55)

5. Bio-mechanisms related to MCS and toxic fashion (00:10:00)

6. Alden talks about whether she has lived experience with MCS. (00:13:11)

7. Link between fashion and MCS. (00:15:59)

8. The risks of toxic fashion. (00:17:57)

9. Clothing recommendations for people with MCS. (00:22:55)

10. EcoCult. Alden's website. (00:31:28)

11. Marginalized communities and MCS. (00:32:27)

12. Communities pushing back against toxic fashion. (00:37:27)

13. Hope for the future? (00:39:21)

14. Podcast conclusion. (00:43:25)