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Category: EWG

Kid-Safe Chemicals Act

Posted on: May 28, 2008

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I’ve gotten to the point now, where I’m a complete toxiphobe. I question just about every single product. You couldn’t stop me from eating junk food, let alone read the ingredients label. Yellow Lake #5? Exactly what shade of yellow is that? And how many other Yellow Lakes are there? (Insert bad pee joke here) [...]

Enviroblog’s Brush Up on Phthalates

Posted on: May 6, 2008

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One of my favorite bloggers, Amanda, who blogs on EWG’s Enviroblog posted a handy crash course on phthalates. In short, phthalates are endocrine disruptors which are linked to reproductive and genital abnormalities. Companies use them to soften plastics, and it’s also used to bind fragrance to a product. You can find them in many household [...]

BPA in Canned Food: Tips to Avoid It

Posted on: May 3, 2008

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The Environmental Working Group published a study last year that was done on Bisphenol-a in canned food. Now that bottles and containers are under scrutiny in the media, I think it’s important to point out that BPA lurks in more than just your sippy cup. The EWG has been banging pots and pans together over [...]

You Are What You Eat

Posted on: Apr 14, 2008

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Before my son was born, you’d be hard pressed to find me eating anything organic. I ate somewhat healthy before and during my pregnancy, but I wasn’t without my occasional indulgences. Eating out on weekends, candy binges. In fact, I was kind of anti organic. Always feeling like I’m getting screwed somehow, I thought it [...]

Fragrance Education is Skin Deep

Posted on: Mar 7, 2008

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I am in Austin, Texas this weekend for SXSW Interactive where my partner and co-author and I are here to promote our book and do a reading/signing gig on Saturday. So posting here will be sparse from me (*cough cough Contributors cough*), but I wanted to quickly point out the video put up by Skin [...]

Congress Investigates BPA in Baby Formula Cans

Posted on: Jan 22, 2008

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Just when I started to feel like we were all doomed to just avoid BPA like the plague for all eternity and that big companies and the government could care less about what consumers want, a ray of light: A congressional committee is launching an investigation into the use and safety of a chemical found [...]

Safe Mama talks with the EWG about BPA in Baby Formula

Posted on: Dec 5, 2007

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I just got off the horn with a group of bloggers who were asked to talk with Sonya Lunder, a senior analyst who works with the Environmental Working Group. The EWG published a report last night, which has already been reported on by CNN, regarding levels of Bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby formula. We talk a [...]

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