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A Must Read: The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being by Nena Baker
non-toxickids.net - 17 days ago
A Must Read: The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being by Nena Baker
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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 ...
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