Welcome back to the Babies Online Blog! If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed and be the first to get breaking parenting news and take advantage of our member only giveaways. Thanks for visiting!There is a growing body of evidence that the current problem of obesity can be [...]
Tags: bisphenol A growth rate, Growth Charts, obesity, overweight, phthalates
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This CBC report doesn’t bode well for Canadian residents. A 2007 survey of vinyl plastic toys by Health Canada found that 76% of the toys contained phthalate levels that are above the amounts allowed in the US and European Union. The toxic diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) is especially prevalent – found in about 60% of the [...]
Tags: Canada, phthalates, plastic toys
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With any pregnancy, a woman as a lot of new information to take in, mostly related to caring for herself and her unborn child. Many women are advised to avoid certain foods or to go easy or have them in moderate amounts because of the potential impact on the fetus, as well as the mother’s [...]
Tags: birth defects, cosmetics safety, hypospadias, Imperial College London, new health study, parabens, phthalates, pregnancy and cosmetics, pregnancy risks, protecting the fetus, safety during pregnancy
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Are you shopping for winter clothes for your baby? And has your child ever had a rash you couldn’t work out was the cause of? Read this before you hit the shops.
In recent months, several parents of children with mysterious rashes on their necks and shoulders have been blogging about what they suspect is allergic [...]
Tags: asthma, baby clothes, carters, chemicals, exzema, phthalates, rashes, winter clothes
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A study appearing in the February issue of Pediatrics journal has raised new concerns on the chemicals in baby shampoos and lotions. After babies in the study were shampooed and lotion, their urine were checked shortly after. What researchers found were elevated levels of phthalates. This was even more pronounced in babies [...]
Tags: baby powder, lotion, phthalates, shampoo
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