About Me
I’m deeply passionate about environmental health, in particular, the role that “everyday” chemical exposures play in the development and worsening of chronic health issues.
I take a balanced, evidence-based view and center affordable, accessible interventions to meaningfully lower exposures.
Who I Am
I’m Lara Adler, environmental health educator, consultant, public-health student, and longtime believer that environmental chemical exposures are one of the major health threats of our time.
For more than 14 years, I’ve worked at the intersection of science and wellness, helping health professionals sift through confusing information/misinformation about everyday exposure risks so they can more confidently and accurately weave this important topic into their work.
What I Believe
I believe that environmental exposures matter. A lot. More than you may think. I believe in leaning into nuance about exposure evidence—the truth lies somewhere in the gray spaces that get overlooked in an increasingly binary, black & white world.
I believe that sensational, overhyped, and fear-based messaging has no place in this conversation and does more harm than good.
I believe that consumers shouldn’t have to shoulder the burden of reading labels and working to avoid exposures in their everyday lives
I believe that PFAS, microplastics, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals are some of the biggest baddies out there, and that they need to be addressed urgently.
My Journey
Over the past 14+ years, I’ve trained and supported more than 5,000 health professionals across 35+ countries, helping them integrate environmental health discussions into their practices. During this time, my work was focused on online courses to fill a gap I saw in health professional training: a lack of meaningful education around everyday chemical exposures and chronic disease risk.
This work has been deeply meaningful to me, and I watched the conversation about “toxins” exploding online—becoming heavily sensationalized, distorted, and polarized. I realized that environmental health education needed a new approach. Or that I needed to approach it differently!
This shift is what guided me away from course delivery and toward consulting and speaking, while I pursue my Master of Public Health (MPH) to help bring a much-needed public health perspective into the conversation.
What I Do Now
I now dedicate my work to helping organizations, mission-driven brands, and startups communicate accurately and strategically about environmental health without overstating the science or minimizing real risks. Whether I’m advising a wellness startup on environmental health claims, architecting & mapping educational content, or designing a communication strategy for a health brand, my focus is on presenting the evidence for harms from environmental exposures in a balanced, grounded way.
Alongside my consulting work, I continue to write, speak, and teach, through SubStack, podcast interviews, and guest lecturing, and expanding my own understanding of the bigger picture through my MPH program.
