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Category: Phthalates Info

SafeMama Baby Pool Cheat Sheet

Posted on: Mar 22, 2010

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Last year we had gotten the question about baby and wading pools for small kids. What better way to spend a summer afternoon than sitting in your backyard with some friends and letting the kids splash around? It’s a nice cheap afternoon. The kids are having fun, you’re working on your tan (in moderation of [...]

SafeMama’s Safer Baby Skin Care Cheat Sheet

Posted on: Mar 15, 2010

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Welcome to the next generation of the Safer Baby Skin Care Cheat Sheet! As we’ve grown and learned, we have become more aware of other ingredients, aside from parabens and phthalates, we wish to avoid. We also realize that there are different trains of thought (how many chemicals you’ll tolerate) and budgets to consider so we [...]

Phthalates in pills? What’s next?

Posted on: Jul 23, 2009

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Just when you think you’ve got it covered in terms of avoiding phthalates, you find out there’s something else to worry about (seriously, is there anything that doesn’t have phthalates or BPA?). An article via the Daily Green reports of a new study that found over the counter tablets contain enough phthalates to increase your [...]

Kids Safe Chemical Act Needs More Support: Here’s Why

Posted on: Apr 1, 2009

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We wrote a little while back about the new report that came out from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics regarding formaldehyde and 1,4 dioxane contamination in baby care products. Many name brands that are abundant on every superstore and grocery store shelf in the U.S. Brands like Johnson & Johnson, Baby Magic, Gerber, and L’Oreal [...]

CPSC Issues Phthalates Compliance Guidelines

Posted on: Feb 7, 2009

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This has been in the works for some time but the CPSC issued a formal press release yesterday stating that starting on February 10, 2009 children’s toys and child care items cannot contain more that 0.1% of any of the six phthalates (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP, and DnOPA) regardless of when they were manufactured. [...]

Congrass Passes Ban on Phthalates!

Posted on: Jul 30, 2008

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Yesterday, Congress voted on the Children’s Safe Products Act which approved a nationwide ban on phthalates in products intended for children under 12. We’ve been waiting for this so we’re happy to say goodbye to phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP… three chemicals used to soften plastics in children’s toys like bath squirties, soft books and [...]

Organic Mattresses: Naturepedic Review

Posted on: Jul 29, 2008

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The topic of organic mattresses is met with a rash of strong opinions over what’s safe, what’s safer, and whether it’s really something we should consider changing or embracing. Regardless of how you perceive it, it’s an investment one way or another. The bottom line is, your baby spends 10-16 hours a day face down [...]

Plastics and Risks

Posted on: Jul 5, 2008

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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… oh yeah baby). Anyway, I recently got a lashing from a website passerby that our sources are crap. [...]

Shower Curtains Can Make You Sick.

Posted on: Jun 16, 2008

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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’t be good for you. That’s because it isn’t. We’ve discussed before, how the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in vinyl produces off-gassing. And that includes your shower curtain. It was [...]

Natural Air Freshener: Citrus Magic

Posted on: Jun 14, 2008

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I spoke about air fresheners before but in case you missed it, household air fresheners are a hot bed of phthalates in many cases. Not to mention a lot of other irritants and possibly unsafe toxins. We just don’t need to be breathing this stuff in. I am a big believer in embracing fresh air [...]