Halloweeny Links
Sunday, October 29th, 2006Posted in Healthy Recipes, Holidays, This n That |
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Free Halloween Fonts Halloween Clip Art The Yard Haunter A cool site teaching you how to haunt your yard properly. :) A little late for this year but maybe next. Pumpkin Recipes (including Vegan Pumpkin Pie) Free Pumpkin Carving Templates/Patterns Even More Patterns Extensive Listing of ...
Tsk tsk - Stop Toxics Toy Law in Jeopardy
Friday, October 27th, 2006Posted in Bisphenol A - Pthalates issue, Non Toxic Living, This n That |
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Okay, here's the deal. San Francisco became the first city in our nation to sign into law via The Stop Toxic Toys bill a ban on two toxic chemicals -- phthalates and bisphenol-A. YAY..right? Phthalates have been linked ...
Triclosan bad
Friday, October 27th, 2006Posted in Holistic Health, Non Toxic Living, This n That |
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Most of us in natural circles know that triclosan isn't a good thing due to promoting resistant bacteria. However, now there's another reason to avoid this chemical altogether. Current research now shows that Triclosan is an endocrine disrupter in frogs ...
Ear Infections - in the news
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Posted in Holistic Health, This n That |
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Last month, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Assoc) published yet another study showing that ear infections, if left alone will go away without antibiotics. Add that to the American Academy of Pediatric's stand that 80% of those ear infections ...
Supermarket Confusion
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006Posted in Healthy Eating, Organics, This n That |
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I heard Marion Nestle on NPR the other day and it sent me searching the NPR archives to share here. I couldn't find exactly what I was listening to but found an excerpt from Marion Nestle's book, What to ...
Matchy Matchy
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006Posted in This n That |
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Allright, I have to admit it - I DO like when my kids' clothing matches or at least goes nicely together. For some odd reason, my 7 year old HATES to match. I can't tell you how this makes me ...
Have you Seen Red Yet?
Thursday, October 19th, 2006Posted in This n That |
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Red....the new "thing". Created by Bono and a way to continue doing your regular shopping while helping. Every dollar you spend on (red) items (the parenthesis are called an embrace and hug the product being sold) gets the Global Fund ...
Ebates
Friday, October 13th, 2006Posted in Frugal Living, This n That |
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If anyone hasn't heard of Ebates yet, this one is worth the read. Ebates is an online affiliate program that can help earn you discounts each time you shop online. You enroll with Ebates (free) and each time you want to ...
Say NO to Nanotech!
Thursday, October 12th, 2006Posted in Non Toxic Living, Personal Care, This n That |
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Ingredients in your personal care that have never been proven to be safe! Check out EWG's action page on it (excerpt below). An Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis found that more than 250 products on the market today contain one or ...
Ecoli again!
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006Posted in Healthy Eating, This n That |
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Just when you thought it was safe to eat spinach......... Now there's a problem with lettuce. Irrigation water for Foxy brand green leaf lettuce has been found to be contaminated with e.coli. So far no one has fallen ill but to ...