From the category archives:

Toxins

Real facts about toxic chemicals and your family’s health

June 25, 2010

One of my writing clients, Inhabitots has an excellent exclusive video interview posted. In said video Inhabitat and Inhabitots founder Jill Fehrenbacher talks to Dr. Alan Greene and gets the real facts about toxic chemicals and your family’s health. It’s a must see (check out the video below) or head over to the post to [...]

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Strawberry Cancer Update + Two Sample Letters!

June 17, 2010

So… June 29th is the deadline to just say no to strawberry cancer. Up until June 29th you can leave the California Department of Pesticide Regulation a message stating that you think their idea of using methyl iodide as a strawberry growing pesticide in California is nuts and should not be permitted. Enviroblog offers a [...]

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Lead found in organic fruit and juice exceeds federal limits

June 12, 2010

On June 9, 2010 the Environmental Law Foundation, a nonprofit based in the Bay Area, filed Notices of Violation of California Proposition 65 Toxics Right to Know law, alleging that lead, a highly toxic chemical for children, was found in a variety of foods and drinks for children and babies (pdf). The specific food categories [...]

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Body Care Product Ingredients To Avoid

June 7, 2010

You know, with summer here and so much to post about I’ve sort of let the non-toxic body care series slide. In case you need to catch up, we first looked at how to keep toxic body care products and cosmetics out of your home. Then we looked at USDA Certified Organic body care products [...]

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Toxic America Premieres Tonight!

June 2, 2010

In case you haven’t heard, Toxic America premieres tonight June 2 at 8 p.m. ET on CNN, and it’s a must see for concerned parents. Toxic America is a special two-night investigative report with Sanjay Gupta M.D. that takes an in-depth look at how toxins affect us all. The first night (that would be tonight) [...]

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Body Care Product Ingredient To Avoid: Synthetic Musks

June 1, 2010

Found in: Nitromusks known as musk ketone and polycyclic musks along with Galaxolide and Tonalide are most commonly found in many perfumes for women, lotions, colognes and body sprays and fragrance for men. They’re less commonly found in exfoliating products, acne treatments, facial moisturizer and other body care products. Health concerns: The biggest issue with [...]

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Body Care Product Ingredient To Avoid: 1,4-dioxane

June 1, 2010

Found in: Who knows what? An analysis by the Environmental Working Group suggests that 1,4-dioxane may be found in 22% of the more than 25,000 products in the Skin Deep database of cosmetics products BUT you likely won’t see it on an ingredient list. 1,4-dioxane is a contaminant not an ingredient and the FDA does [...]

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Only 8% of sunscreen safe – find your best eco-friendly summer sun protection

May 26, 2010

Sadly, there aren’t many safe sunscreens on the market. This week, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released their fourth annual Sunscreen Guide and the news is not good for most sunscreens on the market. EWG gave low marks to almost all the current crop of sunscreen products, with very few notable exceptions. In total, EWG [...]

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Zero evidence that organic foods benefit health

May 25, 2010

So we’re back to this again are we? A report published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has been making waves all over the news this week noting that organic foods aren’t any healthier for you than there conventional counterparts. It’s like déjà vu right? Just last July the UK’s Food Standard Agency released [...]

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Green Glossary: Bisphenol A (BPA)

May 22, 2010

Bisphenol A (BPA) is Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical that’s been used for more than 40 years. BPA is normally produced in large quantities, 7 billion pounds+ per year actually, for use primarily in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins – in such products as hard plastic food containers, baby bottles, sippy [...]