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		<title>SafeMama Report: Safer Bug Repellents!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Pardon the missing images&#8230;Flickr is being a jerk and hiding all my imagery.)This has been requested a zillion times and I&#8217;ve kept promising it will go up.  Here it is finally!  Our recommendations for safer bug repellents.  It&#8217;s probably not a shock that products containing DEET, are not on our recommended list. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/07/07/safemama-report-safer-bug-repellents/</link>
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		<title>The Thing About Sunscreen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you read other child safety or beauty blogs, you&#8217;ve probably seen that the Environmental Working Group has released its 2008 Safer Sunscreen Guide.
Let me preface this by saying that we love what EWG does and what they stand for, however, over the last few months, we&#8217;ve been telling our readers to take their cosmetic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/07/07/the-thing-about-sunscreen/</link>
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		<title>Plastics and Risks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope everyone who celebrates July 4th had a great holiday!  Now back to business. Well, a vacationy type business since I am away visiting my in-laws in Delaware.  (Can you say organic fresh cream ice cream&#8230; oh yeah baby).  Anyway, I recently got a lashing from a website passerby that our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/07/05/plastics-and-risks/</link>
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		<title>Happy July 4th!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just want to wish our American readers a safe and happy July 4th.   Happy Friday to everyone else.   Don&#8217;t eat too much ice cream.
Oh who am I kidding, eat lots of ice cream.
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		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/07/04/happy-july-4th/</link>
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		<title>Dear SafeMama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I am in dire need to get my carpets cleaned as my son is starting to crawl and I don&#8217;t want him on the carpets before they are cleaned. I know most companies that come out to clean carpet use harsh chemicals. Can you give me a &#8220;cheat sheet&#8221; or tips of things to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/07/02/dear-safemama/</link>
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		<title>Treat yourself to something nice.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Operation vacation is in full swing over here at Safe Mama, so posting will be a little light.  I&#8217;ve been meaning to write about our new &#8220;Shopping Mall&#8221; for a while now.  One of the most frustrating things about creating a safer environment for my family, is the lack of resources there seem [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/07/01/treat-yourself-to-something-nice/</link>
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		<title>Dear SafeMama: The first edition!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the first installment of Dear SafeMama!   We received quite a few questions and they were all really good.  So good in fact, that while we&#8217;re not going to be able to answer every single one of them, we&#8217;re going to answer a few more than three for the first edition, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/26/dear-safe-mama-the-first-edition/</link>
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		<title>Product Review: Shaklee Get Clean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been kicking this review around for a while and not because I haven&#8217;t had a chance to try the products, which I have.  It&#8217;s because for some reason I feel a little bit overly skeptical about them.  Sure, Oprah picked Shaklee as one of her favorite things last year and yes, they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/25/product-review-shaklee-get-clean/</link>
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		<title>SafeMama Link Round Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a few articles and links I found worth mentioning today&#8230;

Environmental Working Group Action Fund and ask the CA Health Committee to vote Yes on SB 1713, a bill aiming to ban BPA from children&#8217;s products in California. They vote today so head on over and send in your voice.


Z Recommends Car Seat Review: The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/24/safemama-link-round-up/</link>
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		<title>BeeCeuticals Re-Review &#038; Giveaway!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I have raved about BeeCeuticals Organics in the past.  However, now that the site has come to many new people&#8217;s attention I feel it&#8217;s definitely warranted to bring it up again.  We focus so much of our time and energy on our kids but us safe moms want some pampering without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/24/beeceuticals-re-review-giveaway/</link>
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		<title>SafeMama Book Review: Healthy Child Healthy World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The good folks over at one of my favorite resources, Healthy Child Healthy World were kind enough to send us a preview of their new book, appropriately titled Healthy Child Healthy World.  I was really excited to read this book, even though I knew that parts of it would probably send me into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/19/safe-mama-book-review-healthy-child-healthy-world/</link>
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		<title>Review: Eden&#8217;s Kiss Skin Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We stumbled on Eden&#8217;s Kiss on one of our zillion searches, scouring the internet for the best and safest skin care.  If you&#8217;re the kind of person who prefers supporting the small company who really cares for their products as much as they care for their customers, Eden&#8217;s Kiss might be for you.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/18/review-edens-kiss-skin-care/</link>
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		<title>Dear SafeMama&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ No Doubt we get a lot of questions here at SafeMama.  And while we try to answer all of them, it&#8217;s nearly impossible.   Especially when a lot of them are duplicate questions.   So we&#8217;ve decided to start a weekly column, in order to reach as many people as we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/17/dear-safe-mama/</link>
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		<title>Shower Curtains Can Make You Sick.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever open up the package of a shiny new plastic shower curtain, and nearly pass out from the fumes?  Ever think to yourself, well, that can&#8217;t be good for you.
That&#8217;s because it isn&#8217;t.
We&#8217;ve discussed before, how the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in vinyl produces off-gassing.   And that includes your shower curtain.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/16/shower-curtains-can-make-you-sick/</link>
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		<title>Happy Father&#8217;s Day Giveaway from Safe Mama!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Father&#8217;s Day we want to give a little something to the Dad&#8217;s out there.  Have a great Dad?  Tell us why and we&#8217;ll send one lucky Dad out there some BeeCeuticals Lip Balm as a little thank you.  Send an email to safemama (at) gmail.com and tell us why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/15/happy-fathers-day-giveaway-from-safe-mama/</link>
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