Hi, I’m Vino and this blog is my way of digging deeper into what’s really in the world around us and how it affects the health of our pets and ourselves.
I have a personal mission to understand more about the hidden chemicals, microplastics, and PFAS compounds that have everyone questioning everything from how they find their way into our homes to potential impact on the lives of our pets.
I’ve always been curious about science and how we can live healthier lives. Back in high school I founded the Youth Environmental Network of York Region (YENYR), a non-profit dedicated to educating students about sustainability, long before it was a mainstream topic. That curiosity led me to study Biomedical Science at Western University, where I became fascinated in my genetics and chemistry classes. I quickly learned about the ways chemicals and compounds like microplastics can persist in our bodies…which to be honest kinda freaked me out a bit.
Years later, after losing my dog to stomach cancer, I founded a fresh dog food brand in Canada called Kabo which focused on improving pet diets by moving away from ultra-processed foods. That experience changed the way I looked at what we feed our pets and the hidden environmental and chemical factors that affect their health just as much as ours.
I’ve since also enjoyed the opportunity to travel to over 55 countries (and counting) where I have been able to see firsthand the people and communities impacted by all these microplastics and how they are going about living with the new reality. It made me want to take a closer look at how I could help share more information on how to create a cleaner, safer environment while realizing it’s hard to sacrifice the luxuries in life we have gotten use to.
This blog is a place for me and other guest writers to share what we’re learning from my personal research, questions we see pop up in reddit, and some at home product tests to bring a human-lens to this topic. There are no paid promotions or ads here. I’m not trying to sell anything. My goal is to share what we find, review information and products honestly, and hopefully help others who are also trying to make sense of it all and live a little cleaner, one step at a time.
Yours truly,
Vino