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From the Washington Toxics Coalition:  Babies Exposed To Chemicals Found in Everyday Consumer Products Before They Are Born
From the Washington Toxics Coalition: Babies Exposed To Chemicals Found in Everyday Consumer ...
non-toxickids.net — Add this to the chorus....Babies shouldn't be born prepolluted! Check out this information about a new study from the Washington Toxics Coalition. "Babies enter the world already having been exposed in the womb to chemicals from common everyday consumer products, according to a new study by ... (more) From the Washington Toxics Coalition: Babies Exposed To ...
Plastic chemicals 'feminise boys'
Plastic chemicals 'feminise boys'
news.bbc.co.uk — Chemicals in plastics alter the brains of baby boys, making them "more feminine", say US researchers. Males exposed to high doses in the womb went on to be less likely to play with boys' toys like cars or to join in rough and tumble games, they found. ... (more) Plastic chemicals 'feminise boys'
Study: Chemical In Plastics Making Boys Less Boy-ish?
Study: Chemical In Plastics Making Boys Less Boy-ish?
growingyourbaby.com — Chemicals found in many plastics are causing little boys to act more like little girls, according to new research. The study suggests that boys who are exposed to certain plastics while in utero are apt to have these behaviour changes. A team of researchers at the University of Rochester ... (more) Study: Chemical In Plastics Making Boys Less Boy-ish?
Think Non-Toxic and Sustainable For All Holiday Gifts this Season!
Think Non-Toxic and Sustainable For All Holiday Gifts this Season!
kidskonserve.com — Put meaning in the greening this holiday season. Want to make this a truly eco-friendly holiday for your family and friends? Our Kids Konserve's gift guide features the season's best non-toxic and sustainable gifts. Visit www.kidskonserve.com Enjoy 15% off coupon code: holidays (more) Think Non-Toxic and Sustainable For All Holiday Gifts ...
Disinfectant Overkill — Women's Voices for the Earth
womenandenvironment.org — Scientific studies have shown that disinfectant chemicals have been linked to chronic health impacts like asthma, hormone imbalance, potential reduced fertility, and immune system problems. Donate today to help WVE strengthen laws that regulate toxic ... (more) Disinfectant Overkill — Women's ...
Join the Million Baby Crawl:  Help Seventh Generation Fight Toxic Chemicals in Our Homes
Join the Million Baby Crawl: Help Seventh Generation Fight Toxic Chemicals in Our Homes
non-toxickids.net — You've got to check out this creative new awareness and action campaign from Seventh Generation. They've created an interactive site that lets the user create a baby to crawl to Washington D.C. to demand chemical reform. It's the Million Baby Crawl . You've got to love the opening statement: ... (more) Join the Million Baby Crawl: Help Seventh Generation ...
Non-toxic, Eco-Friendly Rooware Makes Eating Fun & Saves Room for Sustainability
Non-toxic, Eco-Friendly Rooware Makes Eating Fun & Saves Room for Sustainability
growingyourbaby.com — Rooware is an adorable, eco-friendly collection of tableware for children which features cartoonish characters called Earthsavers to encourage environmental awareness at every meal. Made of sustainable, plant based, as opposed to petroleum based plastic, the Rooware collection is BPA, ... (more) Non-toxic, Eco-Friendly Rooware Makes Eating Fun & Saves ...
The Toxic Sweetness of Halloween
The Toxic Sweetness of Halloween
eco-babyz.com — We don't celebrate Halloween for reasons I will not go into in this post. But for everyone who does and considers their family to have a healthy or green lifestyle (whatever you want to call it), there is one thing you should certainly take into consideration. It is the simple fact that sugar ... (more) The Toxic Sweetness of Halloween
Reviewing The Story of Stuff
enviromom.com — Heather and I put on our best Kent Brockman voices a week ago, when we talked with all the second graders at our elementary school, saying "You might remember us from the ' Reduce/Reuse/Recycle' presentation we gave while you were in ... (more) Reviewing The Story of Stuff
A Must Read:  The Body Toxic:  How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being by Nena Baker
A Must Read: The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everday Things Threatens Our ...
non-toxickids.net — I have been reading this book for months. Literally. It's not that I haven't been reading it much, it's just that it is PACKED with the whole story of the chemicals I have been so interested in for many years. When I became a parent, this focus on harmful chemicals became even stronger, and ... (more) A Must Read: The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous ...
EWG Gives School Cleaning Supplies Their Report Cards (and it ain’t pretty)
ecochildsplay.com — Last week, while volunteering at my daughter’s classroom Halloween party, I flinched a little as I saw one of the other parents dutifully strolling around dispensing the requisite waterless, chem-filled hand sanitizers. Aside from my skepticism that anti- bacterial soaps will actually do ... (more) EWG Gives School Cleaning Supplies Their Report Cards ...