It’s supposed to help us keep things and ourselves clean. It is found in almost every household cleaning product from soaps to mouthwash, from toothpaste to deodorant, and from kitchen detergent to toilet cleaners. Yet this wide-spectrum anti-bacterial, anti-fungal agent may actually pose some health and environmental risks. I am talking about triclosan, a rather [...]
Tags: anti-bacterial, cleaning products, Environmental Working Group, personal care products, risk-benefit, triclosan
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It seems the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty, who ate a poisonous apple, is closer to reality than we may have realized. Apples ranked second, right behind peaches, on the Environmental Working Group’s updated “Dirty Dozen,” the list of 12 foods shown to contain the highest amounts of pesticides.
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Tags: baby food, budget, Dirty Dozen, Environmental Working Group, fruits, grocery shopping, money saving, organic produce, pesticides, produce, veggies
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Last week, attorney generals from the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware wrote letters to 11 manufacturers asking them to eliminate bisphenol A (BPA) from milk formula packaging as well from baby bottles. This is to avoid BPA getting into our babies’ diet. So far, I haven’t heard anything about the manufacturers’ response. [...]
Tags: baby formula, BPA, Environmental Working Group, powdered vs. liquid
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