Walking upstream to eliminate environmental causes of cancer

Eliminating environmental contamination is important to reduce sky rocketing rates of childhood cancer

Greenwashing: Beaute de Maman not so beautiful. Or particularly natural.

I just don’t get the popularity of Beaute de Maman. Or why the line won an Editor’s Choice Award from Pregnancy Magazine in December of last year.
I really don’t get it.
The line is expensive.
But people like it because it is natural. I’ve found it in very upscale boutiques, with sales people touting its benefits.
But, the line [...]

Everything you every wanted to know about mold and then some

I appeared on The Doctors Don’t Let it Happen to You episode talking about lead in purses and other vinyl items. My segment was part of an episode on ultimate survival , and featured home improvement guru and safety expert Eric Stomer. Part of the discussion (at least during the filming) focused on mold from Eric’s experiernces following Katrina, [...]

Macy’s Sells Rubies With Lead Filled Glass to Unsuspecting Customers

Macy’s sells rubies wtih lead filled glass to unsuspecting consumers.

What’s wrong with natural deodorants? You may be surprised to find aluminium.

Well, the real answer may be that many people find that natural deodorants just don’t work as well. But that isn’t what I was going to talk about in this post. Instead, I wanted to talk about what is in what many consider to be the most natural of all the natural deodorants – the [...]

Suave Kids #WashThemGrow Twitter Party Illustrates Ingredients Are Not Mild Or Gentle

The Suave Kids #washthemgrow twitter party resulted in concerns over ingredients, but didn’t go far enough to discuss all the problemmatic ingredients in this allegedly mild product.

Disney Princess Pants from Macy’s Have Lead in Belt Buckle – CPSIA Fail?

Disney Princess pants purchased at Macy’s appear to have a belt buckle that fail the CPSIA limits for lead.

Since I don’t suck on it, I don’t care

Even if you don’t suck on your vinyl purse, you can be exposed to lead.

What Is Natural? Lucky Magazine Misses It on Kiss My Face Liquid Rock

Greenwashing is rampant in the beauty industry and this post looks at how Lucky’s beauty editor may have fallen from the natural claims of Kiss My Face’s Liquid Rock.

Goodguide Ranks Triclosan Containing Antimicrobial Q-Tips As Top Baby Product

GoodGuide rates q-tips cotton swabs antimicrobila high, yet the q-tips contain triclosan, which has been shown to be harmful to frogs.

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