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Control Pests Safely with EcoSMART (Giveaway!)

Posted on: Jun 29, 2009

Filed Under Giveaways Coupons, Product Safety | 67 Comments

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One of the questions we get often around here is “What is a safe way to control bugs?” and up until now I only had home remedies and natural tricks to share. I discovered EcoSMART online and ordered myself a few products to try out. They carry a full line of pesticides that are based [...]

Bisphenol-A: How Much Evidence Do We Need?

Posted on: Jun 25, 2009

Filed Under Articles, Bisphenol-A, Chemicals | Comments Off

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I was going to let this slide but I’ve heard the same few phrases a few times and now I’m thoroughly annoyed. These phrases include things like “activist hysteria” and “BPA has been around for 60 years, don’t you think the FDA would have taken notice if it was harmful?” and “activists in the blogosphere [...]

Clean George Giveaway!

Posted on: Jun 23, 2009

Filed Under Giveaways Coupons, Skin Care | 80 Comments

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I’m often accused of being overly critical of product ingredients. People write in to me saying things like “What am I supposed to use now… MUD?“. I swear I’m not analyzing every ingredient in products to make your life difficult. But the more we discover about chemicals the more natural the products I prefer become. [...]

Review: The New Britax Advocate CS

Posted on: Jun 22, 2009

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When I had my first son and It was time to graduate him to a larger car seat I did what any parent does and scoured the Internet for the best seat possible. Reading Consumer Reports and comparing the safety features of the seats available. I even tried with all my might to get the [...]

Guest Post: Stephanie of Bubble & Bee Tells Us About Dimethicone

Posted on: Jun 19, 2009

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Stephanie from one of our favorite companies Bubble & Bee, where she creates awesome products from lip balm to deodorant to lotion sticks (her Geranium Lime Pit Putty is a SafeMama Fave) has so graciously offered her chemical expertise to us when we’ve needed it. In true Stephanie form, she came through for us when [...]

Summer Series! Safer Ice Pop Molds

Posted on: Jun 17, 2009

Filed Under Bisphenol-A, Food Safety, product finds | 4 Comments

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Everyone loves ice pops. If you don’t, you’re weird or have sensitive teeth. I’ve had this article in my head for almost a year and never got around to posting it until now. I have actually started writing it about 13 times but was holding out to find one product and could never find what [...]

Review: Badger Anti-Bug Balm

Posted on: Jun 12, 2009

Filed Under Product Reviews, Skin Care | 10 Comments

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It’s my birthday. So I decided to review a product by a company that I really love and admire. Badger! I got a mysterious package from them yesterday with some awesome samples to try out – and a handful of my most favorite thing on earth, lip balms. So since they made my birthday brighter [...]

Coke and Del Monte Plot to Deceive Consumers about BPA

Posted on: Jun 9, 2009

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I wrote last week about the meetings manufacturers had regarding the public view of BPA. Since then the meeting notes we’re leaked to the Internet and many of us were fuming that companies like Coca Cola and Del Monte were discussing using scare tactics and a pregnant woman role model to change our perception of [...]

Dear SafeMama: Summer Series – Baby Pools

Posted on: Jun 5, 2009

Filed Under Dear SafeMama, PVC Free | 1 Comment

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Q: Do you know of any baby/wading pools that are safe from phthalates/pvc/bpa? I really want to get one for play at home with my 9 month old but am concerned they will leach chemicals. Thanks. I get this question a lot and really wish I had a better answer. Hopefully in the next few [...]

Eco-Freindly Portable Changing Station by Journey Light (Giveaway!)

Posted on: Jun 2, 2009

Filed Under Giveaways Coupons, product finds | 107 Comments

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You know you’ve done it, changed a diaper on one of those baby changing stations in a public bathroom when you’ve forgotten something to lay them on. (*cough* Dad *cough*) or you’re out somewhere with your older kids and the baby needs changing pronto in the back of the car. We’ve been in those situations. [...]