The Home Detox Company
Worried about what's
actually in your home?
You've heard enough to be worried. You don't have time to become an expert. We did the research. What to swap, where every product still falls short, and which three changes move your number most.
Plastic is where we start. Water, indoor air, and mold are next.
By the numbers
90%
of your life is spent indoors
U.S. EPA
2-5×
higher pollutant levels inside than outside
EPA Total Exposure Assessment Methodology study
97%
of Americans test positive for PFAS in their blood
CDC, 2024
50,000
cases of childhood asthma from gas stoves alone
Stanford, Science Advances, 2024
Why this matters
The science is settled. The path forward isn't obvious.
For your brain
Brain tissue from 2024 contains 50% more plastic than tissue from 2016.
A 2024 University of New Mexico study analyzed cadaver brain samples and found plastic accumulation rising fast year over year. Brain samples from people with dementia contained up to 6 times more plastic than samples from those without.
For your heart
Microplastics in arterial plaque tripled cardiac event risk in three years.
A March 2024 New England Journal of Medicine study followed patients with and without microplastics detected in carotid plaque. Those with measurable plastic were significantly more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke, or death over the following three years.
For your family
97% of Americans have PFAS in their blood. Federal limits just got delayed.
Per the CDC, more than 97% of Americans test positive for PFAS forever chemicals. In September 2025 the EPA filed a motion to weaken the first federal drinking-water limits and pushed enforcement from 2029 to 2031. The burden has shifted onto households.
The 2-minute audit
What's your home's Plastic Risk Score?
Most homes score higher than people expect. The good news: 3 to 5 specific swaps move the score the most. The audit takes two minutes and tells you exactly which ones for your home.
One swap (bottled water to filtered) cuts your microplastic intake by 90%, from about 90,000 particles per year to 4,000.
Score my home now →Where most homes have it worst
Five household items quietly shedding plastic into your food, water, and air.
Each is backed by peer-reviewed research. Each has a clear swap. None require an overhaul.
- 01
Plastic cutting boards
A 2023 study in Environmental Science & Technology measured a typical household plastic cutting board sheds 50+ grams of microplastic per year, directly into the food being cut on it.
See the kitchen detox → - 02
Pyramid / 'silken' tea bags
A 2019 McGill study found one nylon tea bag releases ~11.6 billion microplastic particles into your cup at brewing temperature. The shape that markets premium tea is the shape that shreds plastic into it.
See the kitchen detox → - 03
Black plastic kitchen utensils
A 2024 University of Amsterdam study found black plastic kitchen tools contain flame retardants from recycled electronics, chemistry that leaches into food at cooking temperatures.
See the kitchen detox → - 04
PVC shower curtains
PVC shower curtains off-gas phthalates and VOCs (the chemical smell when new is real), and steam accelerates the breakdown. Every shower is a small dose of inhaled and skin-absorbed plasticizers.
See the bathroom detox → - 05
Polyester sheets and pillows
Eight hours per night of skin contact with synthetic fiber, and the sheets shed microfibers into bed dust that you breathe. The bedroom is the highest-leverage textile swap in any home.
See the bedroom detox →
Detox by category
Start where it matters most for your home.
Your Water Detox
The water you drink passes through more plastic than you think. Bottles, pitchers, plumbing. Every interface is a chance for plastic to shed. Four products that fix the source.
Start the water detox →
Your Kitchen Detox
The kitchen is where most homes' plastic exposure concentrates. Hot food, sharp edges, daily heat. All the conditions that accelerate plastic shedding. Six things to retire, ten swaps that replace them.
Start the kitchen detox →
Your Bathroom Detox
Steam, daily contact, every morning. The bathroom has the highest plastic-density of any room in the house. And the highest churn rate, because most bathroom items get replaced every few months. Seven swaps.
Start the bathroom detox →
Your Bedroom Detox
Eight hours of skin contact every night. The sheet, the towel, the pillow you don't think about. The bedroom is the highest-leverage exposure window in any home. Change three things and you change a third of your day.
Start the bedroom detox →
Your Cleaning + Laundry Detox
Where most household microplastic actually ends up: down the drain, out to wastewater, into the ocean. Eight swaps that stop the runoff at the source. And clean better while they're at it.
Start the cleaning + laundry detox →
Why we made this.
We're new parents. We started worrying about microplastics, PFAS, radon, and everything else that kept showing up in research we didn't have time to read. The information was fragmented, unreliable, contradictory. Most options were too crunchy to live with or too narrow to help.
We started The Home Detox Companybecause we wanted what we couldn't find. A trusted curator that does the research, tells you which swaps actually move your number, and admits when a product still has tradeoffs. We want to make it simple to reduce toxins in your home and live a healthier life with your family.
Plastic is Chapter 1. The Home Detox Co. catalog will expand to water, indoor air, mold, and lead over the next year. The voice stays the same: simple, honest, no woo.
Stay in the loop.
We're publishing a new room each month. Get an email when the next category drops, plus the occasional swap recommendation. No spam. We send maybe twice a month.