Ian and Gemma chat to Autumn Blum, Founder and CEO of Stream2Sea. Stream2Sea was founded in 2015 in Wauchula, FL after a dive trip in Palau made CEO & Founder Autumn realize that the products we put on our bodies have many ingredients that could be highly toxic to our fragile aquatic ecosystem and even to us.

Autumn is the founder of Stream2Sea, a complete line of sunscreen and body care products that are safe for you as well as the ocean.

Hear how this scuba diving, ocean loving, cosmetic chemist developed a line of products unmatched by any other in both quality, eco-consciousness, and scientific rigor.

Summer is finally here, so we’re talking sunscreen and body products – the things that so many of us use but rarely think about how they affect our own health and impact the environment around us. To help inform this conversation, Jenna Valente is joined by an expert in eco-conscious body products, Mike Malterre, Executive Vice President of Stream2Sea, which is a body care company that makes human and water safe body products.

This fascinating conversation with Mike Malterre, the Executive Vice President of Stream2Sea, the manufacturer of the safest mineral sunscreen and body care products on the planet, is a deep dive into the skincare product market. It is no coincidence that Stream2Sea was born from a passion for diving and protecting the oceans by the CEO Autumn Blum.

Mike takes me on an interesting journey through his career from traveling the world seeking outdoor adventures, to starting a school, to working for a company trying to make a big difference in the world. Do you know what’s in your personal care products? Mike does, and the evidence showing us that it’s not just unsafe for people, but is harming our environment too. He’s now dedicated his career to “Stream 2 Sea” a personal care products company trying to educate the public about alternatives to our current path.

One of our ecoconscious friends, Emma Daffurn from PADI EMEA invited Stream2Sea’s CEO and Founder — Autumn Blum in their podcast where they talked about the effects of products we apply on our bodies such as sunscreen, shampoos, sanitizers and other essentials which also have a devastating effect on our reefs and aquatic life.

Autumn Blum, CEO of human-safe and reef-safe sunscreen maker Stream2Sea teaches us how to be better skin care products detectives by explaining which skin care ingredients are or may be dangerous and how to identify cleaner formulas. In addition, she discusses the recent sunscreen recalls, the differences between sunscreens formulas, and the importance of using high quality hand sanitizer.

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