Ami Zoda
Professor of environmental health studies at Columbia University who comments on cosmetics regulation, cumulative exposures, and the environmental injustice of beauty.
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May 10, 2026 • 30min
Chems in your cosmetics
Ami Zoda, a Columbia environmental health professor who studies regulation and injustice in beauty, and Mariah Blake, an investigative reporter on toxic chemicals, discuss harmful ingredients in personal care. They cover why PFAS and phthalates appear in products, how wartime science shaped synthetics, weak regulation, cumulative exposures from braids and layering, and reading labels and safer choices.
May 10, 2026 • 30min
Chems in your cosmetics
Ami Zoda, environmental health professor at Columbia who studies cosmetics, regulation, and beauty’s unequal harms. Mariah Blake, investigative reporter on toxic chemicals and PFAS history. Dr. Alicia Franklin, chemist studying chemical exposures from braiding hair. They discuss harmful chemicals in hair and lotions, why endocrine disruptors matter, regulatory gaps, and how beauty norms create unequal risks.
