Posted on May 19th, 2008
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Pesticides in fruits and vegetables? Growth hormones in milk? BPA in water bottles? These are just some of the health issues that we are worried about and try to avoid. But what we probably don’t know is that our [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2008
Call me thoughtless. Call me a terrible wife and mother…I don’t mind. I have two cats which I won’t part with, despite the fact that my husband is allergic to them. We always thought our kids were at least slightly allergic. My husband’s allergist told him that since he’s allergic to cats, it’s highly likely [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2008
Every household accumulates old, raggedy towels that typically end up in the trash bin. Why not donate those old, useless towels to your local animal shelter? They have all sorts of uses for them from bathing towels to cage linings that act as bedding for the homeless animals.
The ASPCA’s Web site makes it easy to [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2008
Chemicals used as fire retardants, PBDEs (Polybrominated diphenyl ethers), which are found in many household items such as televisions, computers, toasters and sofas, have been linked to disease in cats. These chemicals are now being found in high concentrations in human blood and breast milk, which is potentially a major health concern for humans.
Research by [...]