Think you can’t tell a Fortune 500 company what to do? Think again. When Women’s Voices for the Earth released a report noting that Tide detergent contained chemicals that could actually be harmful to kids, millions of consumers were outraged. They were buying the Procter & Gamble (P&G) product to keep their children clean and safe. […]
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Safe, Eco-Friendly Lunch Boxes Save Money and Reduce Waste, Too
Research commissioned by the Center for Environmental Health in Oakland, California showed that the lining in some kids’ lunch boxes contained high levels of lead. Lead can harm children even in minute amounts because it hinders brain development and can cause a variety of behavior and other developmental disorders. Children may be exposed to the lead in lunch […]
Your Big Green Muscle is Getting J&J to Make Its Baby Shampoo Safer
Moms, consumer groups, nurses, and other health professionals have succeeded in getting Johnson & Johnson to begin to remove toxic chemicals from its baby shampoo. Two years ago, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported that J&J’s baby shampoo contained quarternium-15, which releases formaldhyde, as well as the chemical product 1,4-dioxane. Both formaldehye and dioxane are […]
It’s Time to Ban BPA
It is time to ban Bisphenyl-A. In fact, banning Bisphenyl-A is long overdue. This toxic chemical, also known as BPA, can make kids sick. Previous studies have indicated that BPA can cause baby boys to be born with short penises that could ultimately make reproduction difficult when the boys become men. A study released yesterday […]
Green Baby Shower Gift Ideas
Babies deserve the best when it comes to the food they eat, the toys they play with, the soaps and shampoos they use, and the clothing they wear. Their immature organs and immune systems make them more susceptible to the impacts chemicals can have on development, learning, and overall health, so child safety should be […]
Little girls are shopping for bras when they should still be playing with Play Dough.
Girls six and seven years old should not have to go shopping for a bra. But in this day and age, it seems like that’s exactly what they have to do. A new study reported in the journal Pediatrics found that very little girls are developing breasts earlier than ever before, increasing their risk of breast cancer […]
Lunch Boxes Should be Safe & Environmentally Friendly
As if we parents didn’t have enough to worry about! Not even the kids’ lunch boxes are safe!! What do you need to know — and what’s my secret tip for getting kids to actually reuse a safe, environmentally friendly lunch box like the one pictured here? What You Need to Know: Research commissioned by the Center […]
What’s in YOUR body, Mom?
In 1974, an environmental scandal rocked my world. I and millions of other people living in the state of Michigan were informed that the milk we’d been drinking had come from cows that had accidentally been fed fire retardant instead of cow feed. I don’t remember how much milk we’d all drunk before the mistake was discovered. […]