Are Building Materials Affecting Your Health? with Zara D'Cotta

#040 - Could building materials be affecting your health and making you sick?

Zara D’Cotta is a Building Biology New Build Consultant, Keynote Speaker & Founder of The Healthy Home. 

She discovered her passion for environmental health after going through cancer. Through her own experiences with environmental illness, including four years on the move from one ‘unhealthy’ home to the next, and extensive research, Zara realised unhealthy homes are making us sick.

She decided to learn all she could about home design and building materials so she can one day build her own healthy home, and play what part she can in changing the way homes are designed and built. She has been on a mission to help families make informed choices ever since.

Zara has spent the past three years studying Building Biology, with a specific focus on healthy home design and building materials, in Australia and the USA.

In this conversation we talk about:

• Different chemicals contained in building materials and how they can be detrimental to health
• How to determine whether a building material is safe to use when it comes to the impacts on your health and the environment
• Why reclaimed and recycled building materials are not always the “healthiest” choice
• The limitations with the building codes when it comes to building materials and health
• How to reduce exposure to chemicals and “off-gassing” in your tiny home… and more!

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