TOXITECT

TOXITECT AI builds specialized A.I. powered workflows that enable architects to achieve health + environmental benchmarks when specifying products.

3 takeaways:

1) building materials, interior finishes, and furnishings release chemicals of concern within homes usually via volatilization, abrasion, and degradation.

2) occupants are exposed to released chemicals of concern via inhalation, ingest... more

Kate Waddick, Founder of TOXITECT, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Greenwashing is pervasive among consumer products including building materials, interior finishes, and furnishings.

2) "Green" does not always mean "healthy."

3) Differentiating c... more

Kate Waddick, Founder of TOXITECT, focuses on seven classifications of chemicals of concern:

1) Asthmagens,

2) Carcinogens,

3) Endocrine Disruptors,

4) Obesogens,

5) Neurotoxicants,

6) Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants, and

7) Sens... more

Kate Waddick, Founder of TOXITECT, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Current federal regulations addressing the use of chemicals of concern are neither comprehensive nor protective.

2) California's leadership in implementing protective regulations ha... more

Kate Waddick, Founder of TOXITECT, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Biomonitoring identifies which chemicals of concern people are exposed to.

2) Biomonitoring demonstrates that exposure to chemicals of concern is widespread.

3) Biomonitoring prov... more

Kate Waddick, Founder of TOXITECT, focuses on three takeaways:

1) Over 40+ different authoritative research, regulatory, and advocacy organizations identify substances as "chemicals of concern."

2) Differing criteria is used by these authoritative... more

Kate Waddick, Founder of TOXITECT, focuses on eight mechanisms:

1) altering or damaging DNA;

2) modifying epigenetics;

3) disrupting the endocrine system;

4) eliciting an allergic response;

5) altering or misdirecting the immune system;

6... more