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Category: Articles

Toxic America Premiers Tonight on CNN

Posted on: Jun 2, 2010

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I don’t usually post about television here on SafeMama but I thought this was particularly relevent, and exciting that this information is making it to CNN. A two part televised look at “Toxic America” – hosted by Sanjay Gutpa, MD, the medical correspondent for CNN. In the two part series, the first which debuts tonight [...]

SC Johnson phasing out phthalates in all products

Posted on: Mar 12, 2009

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This came across the newswire this morning and I thought I’d share it. SC Johnson company, the makers of many family and household products is taking the initiative to not only phase out all phthalates from all products, but going one step further in creating three different means to let their consumers know the ingredient [...]

BPA Banned in New York’s Suffolk County

Posted on: Mar 5, 2009

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I just saw this once I had a chance to sit down and catch up on some news reading. The Associated Press reported that lawmakers in Long Islands Suffolk County have voted on approving a ban on baby products containing BPA: GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers in a Long Island county have voted to [...]

End of the Week Link Roundup

Posted on: Feb 13, 2009

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Hi SafeParents! It’s been a busy week around here but we’re working on some new items that will hopefully be of some good use. In the meantime I wanted to share a few great links to fellow blogs that have done some really important and/or entertaining writing in the last week. Z Recommends – BPA, [...]

Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup

Posted on: Jan 28, 2009

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If you needed another reason to avoid high fructose corn syrup in your food, then here it is. One of my favorite blogs Eco Child’s Play tipped me off to a new study that revealed that “Mercury was found in nearly 50% of tested samples of commercial high fructose corn syrup” according to an article [...]

FDA to continue to study BPA

Posted on: Dec 17, 2008

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After a year of nothing but controversy for the FDA regarding it’s (in)decision about BPA, they’ve stated that while they won’t change their decision about its safety, they will continue to “study” the chemical over the next several years: The FDA has maintained that BPA is safe, relying largely on two studies that were funded [...]

US Formula Makers Say Products are Melamine Free

Posted on: Nov 27, 2008

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Well this is weird… first the FDA says they found trace amounts of melamine in their tests of 77 US formula samples including those from Mead Johnson, the makers of Enfamil. But now they say “The FDA has confirmed with Mead Johnson that melamine was not found in any of our products they tested”. Hmm. [...]

Melamine Found in US Baby Formula

Posted on: Nov 26, 2008

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Oh boy. Well, I’ve have had my head firmly up my butt this week with Thanksgiving around the corner but apparently there is good reason to pull it out. News reports swirled yesterday and today regarding Melamine detection in US made baby formula. Since the news that melamine was found in baby formula in China, [...]

Fewer Lead Recalls This Year

Posted on: Nov 20, 2008

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No doubt that last year was the year of the “toy recall.” Everywhere you looked there was another toy being recalled for one reason or another, but one of the big offenders was lead. It was really overwhelming for just about every parent you talked to. When was the madness going to end? The good [...]

FDA Ignored Evidence of Harm Regarding BPA Ruling

Posted on: Oct 29, 2008

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From the Washington Post today: In a highly critical report to be released today, the panel of scientists from government and academia said the FDA did not take into consideration scores of studies that have linked bisphenol A (BPA) to prostate cancer, diabetes and other health problems in animals when it completed a draft risk [...]