MADE SAFE Recommended Resources

Resources provided below contain scientific subject matter related to many of the topics that MADE SAFE covers. Read, watch or listen!

Books: Nonfiction

• • A Compromised Generation (2010) by Beth Lambert, MA
  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (2020) by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • Brain Wash: Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness (2020) by David Perlmutter, MD and Austin Perlmutter, MD 
  • Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2018) by Phil Landrigan, MD, MSc and Mary Landrigan
  • Count Down – How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race (2021) by Shanna Swan, PhD with Stacey Colino
  • Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?–A Scientific Detective Story (1997) by Theo Colburn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers
  • Sicker, Fatter, Poorer – The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals on our Health and Future…and What We Can Do About It by Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP
  • Silent Spring (2002) by Rachel Carson
  • The Dirt Cure: Healthy Food, Healthy Gut, Happy Child (2017) by Maya Shetreat, MD
  • What’s Making Our Children Sick?: How Industrial Food Is Causing an Epidemic of Chronic Illness, and What Parents (and Doctors) Can Do About It (2017) by Michelle Perro, MD and Vincanne Adams, PhD

Short Films

• • Short yet powerful animations from The Story of Stuff Project, a nonprofit dedicated to changing the way that we make, use, and throw away Stuff so that it is more sustainable, healthy, and fair. Our long-time faves include The Story of Cosmetics and The Story of Stuff.

Documentaries

• • Stink! (2015): “The Fragrance Loophole” is exposed by a single father trying to find out what the strong smell in his children’s pajamas could possibly be. “But instead of getting a straight answer, director Jon Whelan stumbles on an even bigger issue in America, which is that some products on our store shelves are not safe — by design.”
  • The Devil We Know – How DuPont Poisoned The Ohio Valley (2018): “The Chemistry of a Coverup” is the story behind the DuPont water contamination scandal
  • The Story of Plastic (2020) reveals the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling
  • Unacceptable Levels (2013) – A new filmmaker traveled around the country with his video camera to interview top minds in the fields of science, advocacy and law to learn there are unacceptable levels of chemicals in our soil, our food, our personal care, and our bodies (produced by one of our team members). Unfortunately, not much has changed in the eight years since the film was released. Follow the film’s Facebook page and stay tuned for re-release announcement.

Feature Films

• • Dark Waters (2019) is based on the true story of attorney Rob Bilott, who fights one of the largest chemical corporations in the world after learning that they have been illegally dumping toxic waste that contained PFOA, part of a large group of chemicals called PFAS. MADE SAFE review & fact sheet

Videos

• • Amy Ziff: TEDx Talks and interviews with the MADE SAFE founder

• • Amy Ziff: TEDx Talks and interviews with the MADE SAFE founder