TheSmartMama up for Top 25 Eco Friendly Moms

Circle of Moms is looking for the top 25 eco-friendly mom bloggers. And I would love to be included. But right now, I’m way behind. So, please, go vote for me – TheSmartMama – just click on the circle below. It will take you to the list of sites up for the listing, and you [...]

#ecowed Twitter party with ecomom: Entertaining the Family for Spring Holidays

This Wednesday’s #ecowed Twitter party will focus on Entertaining the Family for Spring Holidays the eco-friendly way. We will be tweeting green partying for Spring with our sponsor ecomom on April 6, 2011, from 7 to 8 pm Pacific (that’s 10 to 11 pm Eastern). Our special guest expert is the wonderful Gigi Lee Chang, [...]

The Smart Mama Gets Her Gun on Good Day LA

Okay, so here I am on Good Day LA talking about lead, cadmium and other safety concerns when it comes to toys. I thought I had done so well, but watching the clip, I realized I misspoke a couple of times. It was 3,800 ppm not 38,000 ppm the Niton XRF was detecting – 3,800 [...]

Project Mom Casting – TheSmartMama Throws Her Blog Into The Ring

Project Mom Casting is looking for a few good women bloggers. And I’m going to toss my blog in the ring. If you haven’t met me, I’m Jennifer Taggart. I blog as TheSmartMama. I’m a mom of 2, an attorney specializing in environmental and consumer product law, author of Smart Mama’s Green Guide: Simple Steps [...]

Welcome to the new blog!

After much angst, I’m finally ready to launch the new blog. Sorry for the long delay – during the process, my site was hacked and, well, it took a bit to get the porn spam cleaned up. So, it has been a month since I posted last but I’ll be posting regularly again now! Woot! [...]

Mama Got Her Gun on Fox & Friends

I can’t believe I never blogged about this. Really can’t believe it. So, just a little bit late, I’m excited to announce that I appeared on Fox & Friends on July 18, 2009. I was supposed to talk about chemicals in common household products and simple steps to reduce exposure, but we got a little [...]

SIGG does leach bisphenol A & Big Bottle Swap

A curious note in the SIGG saga involving its liners and bisphenol A (BPA) is that SIGG’s pre-August 2008 epoxy liners apparently leach BPA. According to a news article, Frederick Vom Saal, a professor of biology at the University of Missouri, found that hormone disruptor BPA does leach from the old SIGG liners, just at levels below the [...]

Demonstrating Homemade Cleaning Recipes on BetterTV

I’ve been absent from my blog for a bit because I’ve been doing some exciting activities to promote my book. One of those exciting activities was an appearance on BetterTV.com to demonstate some homemade cleaning recipes. Here I am demonstrating how to clean your microwave, how to pull up grease stains from carpet, how to [...]

XRF Testing Services for CPSIA Compliance

Updated May 17, 2009  TheSmartMama offers XRF testing services for lead content for compliance with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).  I offer the services by mail and in person. The cost is $5 per test or $100 per hour. Generally, hourly rate is more cost effective. I photograph the product to be tested, [...]

The Smart Mama Toy Testing and Healthy Home and Nursery Consultation

Are you worried about toxic chemicals in your home?  Are you trying to make your home healthy?  Are you looking to identify potential toxic chemicals in the home? Do you have questions you want answered about your children’s exposures to toxic chemicals?  Do you wonder whether your child’s toys are contaminated with lead, chromium or cadmium? [...]