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Toxic Perfume Lady!

Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Posted in Humor, Non Toxic Living, Personal Care, This n That |
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I just love Mike Adams! Can everyone relate? My husband tells me I have a hypersensitive sense of smell but I think its ONLY to chemicals.  Perfumes, fake aromatherapy candles, etc.....all make me tense up (among other lovely things like headaches, ...

What’s YOUR Body Burden?

Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Posted in Bisphenol A - Pthalates issue, EcoWarrior, Non Toxic Living, Personal Care, This n That |
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I'm thinking its a really good thing that the media has recently been focusing on Bisphenol A, pthalates and PBDE's.  If you've not had a chance to glance at the news lately, bottom line is that these chemicals are used in ...

Vaccination article

Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Posted in Alternative, Holistic Health, Non Toxic Living, Parenting, This n That, Vaccinations |
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This is one of the best articles that I have read on the subject of vaccines. http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller15.html

Chemicals in Personal Care Products

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
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This is one of those things that I just can't get past.  As many know, on this natural living path, there are many times that you have to weigh out what is important to you.  Its near impossible to eliminate ...

Natural Bubble Bath?

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
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There's really not alot out there in the natural arena that has what I would consider acceptable "natural" ingredients. SLS is a common ingredient in most natural bubble baths which is safe according to The American College of Toxicology ...

Lead in Toy Jewelry

Thursday, September 13th, 2007
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Remember when this first hit a few years ago?  You'd think something would have been done about it by now.  Think again.  Toy jewelry purchased by investigators in MA found items with lead levels 1800 times higher than is considered ...

ACCC tests clothing for carcinogens

Saturday, September 1st, 2007
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has begun testing for excessive levels of formaldehyde in a range of clothing, following alarming findings by the New Zealand media. Scientists from New Zealand consumer affairs program Target showed that some woollen and cotton clothes imported ...

More news on Bisphenol A

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Posted in Bisphenol A - Pthalates issue, Breastfeeding, Non Toxic Living, This n That |
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The FDA has found in tests of canned infant formula that the plastic linings of the cans are leeching Bisphenol A into the formula IN MUCH HIGHER LEVELS (according to EWG) THAN FOUND TO CAUSE SERIOUS ...

Neat

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
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A group of professional housecleaners in the Boston area got together and started a co-op to make their own environmentally friendly and safe house cleaners.  Cool! http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=07-P13-00024&segmentID=4

Pharmaceutical television advertising is a grand hoax

Monday, June 4th, 2007
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http://www.NewsTarget.com/021526.h