Personal Care Products: Have You Detoxed Your Morning Routine Yet? Then Check Out This Video.

August 11, 2010
The Story of Cosmetics in partnership with The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

The latest numbers from the video below estimate that the average woman uses 12 personal care products in her morning routine and the average man uses 6 in his. Each average person’s routine exposes them to at least a dozen chemicals. Some of these chemicals are known carcinogens (i.e., causes cancer), neurotoxins, and reproductive toxins. [...]

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Indoor Air Pollution Is Ranked As One Of The Top Five Threats To Public Health. PLANTS Are An Effective Solution!

June 30, 2010
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While trying to become informed on how to minimize my family’s exposure to toxins in our home, I have been completely overwhelmed by the number of toxic sources within a home: mattresses, shower curtains, paints, electronics, carpets, building materials, dust,… the list is endless. So when I recently heard on CNN’s Toxic Childhood by Dr. [...]

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Services To Simplify Family Travel

June 30, 2010
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I’ve recently been hearing more and more about local services that offer baby rental options (such as cribs, high chairs, and strollers) as well as local childcare services. There are a number that cater to the unique customs of our home- “town,” NYC. I don’t know if these services have been around for a while [...]

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Easy Fold Step Stool

December 22, 2009
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We have three step stools for my 2.5 year old daughter and two step stools for the adults. This is by far the most convenient one because it collapses easily to lean against walls and is very light. My daughter is able to move this stool easily to any location she desires.  We have the [...]

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Recipes for Cleaning Solutions

December 19, 2009
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VINEGAR From Pure & Easy Cleaning website: White Distilled Vinegar: Vinegar breaks up dirt and removes surface build-up to increase shine on the item to be cleaned. It is also an excellent deodorizer. White vinegar is made from the fermentation of grain diluted with water to make a 5% acetic acid solution. ON WINDOWS, GLASS [...]

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Mattress Revelations: Organic Is Worthwhile

December 19, 2009
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It had not occurred to me that my daughter’s mattress may be hazardous until I can across literature on this after we had spent a few hundred dollars on a brand new mattress. As of this writing, my daughter is 22 months old and I recently had to purchase a second crib mattress for a [...]

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Healthy Child Healthy World

December 8, 2009
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I found the book, by Christopher Gavigan, approximately 6-7 months after my first child was born. As I read it, I became increasingly upset that I hadn’t known about the book and its contents sooner. I would recommend this book to everyone but especially to parents. “Tens of millions of American children now face chronic [...]

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Our Low-Toxic Cleaning Products

December 7, 2009
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DR. BRONNER’S CASTILLE SOAPS We use Dr. Bronner’s to wash dishes (hand wash only), counter tops, bathtubs, and toilets; and as a body wash for baby and adults. Dr. Bronner’s has a variety of scents: Peppermint, Tea Tree, Baby Mild, Almond, etc. Below are my recommended scents for each purpose.   Dishes, countertops, bathtubs, and [...]

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Effective Cleaner of Glass and Mirrors: NEWSPAPERS!

February 16, 2009
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Who knew… in listening to me ask our cleaning lady about vinegar and water to clean our mirrors and windows (our cleaning lady is still unhappy with the streaks and dust that collects on the mirrors), our nanny told us that newspaper and water works really well.  The cleaning lady, who had already tried it [...]

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Borax: Safe or Hazardous?

January 22, 2009
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Borax has often times come up in conversation as a good green cleaning ingredient.  So I was excited to find the information in Section B below, until I came across a site (sections of which are copied in Section A below) that has made me concerned about using Borax.  (Although the site doesn’t look so [...]

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