Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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

January 19, 2010 by Jennifer  
Filed under Beauty & Bath, Environmental Health

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

Good Guide Admits Used Wrong Test for Zhu Zhu; CPSC Finds No Violation

December 7, 2009 by Jennifer  
Filed under cpsia, Toys

After I took a bunch of flack for raising concerns about Good Guide’s testing of a Zhu Zhu Pet and its applicability given that the applicable US standard is for soluble antimony, not total, I feel vindicated. Completely. Today, the Good Guide issued a press release admitting that it used the wrong test to compare its [...]