As you can probably tell, I’ve been reading a lot lately. I just finally have the time to tackle some subjects I’ve always wanted to read more about. One of those topics I’m very passionate about is toxic chemicals in our environment and how to best avoid them. If that is interesting to you too, [...]
Filed under: BPA, Book recommendation, Chemicals, Environment, PBDEs, Perflourinated chemicals, Phthalates on December 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Protecting my children from the chemicals and toxins in their environment is the passion that caused me to launch this blog 2.5 years ago. After researching BPA and phthalates and working hard to eliminate them from our home, I decided to start this blog to share what I had learned. Now that it is almost [...]
Filed under: BPA, Book recommendation, Chemicals, Children, Lead, PBDEs, Phthalates on December 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
President Bush has signed the bill that I previously mentioned that would ban lead and phthalates from children’s toys. Yay!
Filed under: Children, Lead, Phthalates, Plastic on August 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A friend of a friend is a children’s health advocate in Maine and wrote this great article on toxins in children’s products. She was instrumental in helping a bill get passed that forces manufacturers to disclose whether or not their products contain ingredients like BPA or phthalates, and to try to replace them with [...]
Filed under: BPA, Chemicals, Children, Phthalates on June 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
Are you still using traditional body care products and makeup? Face lotion, body lotion, mascara, eye liner, and lipstick usually contain some very unhealthy chemicals that we’re all better off avoiding. I’ve posted many websites that list these dangerous chemicals, from the Green Guide to the EWG’s Skin Deep website. For [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Personal Care Products, Phthalates on February 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our modern environment is chock-full of chemicals and compounds that threaten our health and safety. Few people, much less government agencies, seem very concerned though. Certainly, this in part due to the impracticality of thoroughly testing the safety of every chemical we come in contact with, much less examining its safety in not [...]
Filed under: BPA, Chemicals, Children, Phthalates, Plastic on August 31st, 2007 | 3 Comments »