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Category: Chemicals

Study Links Non-stick Chemicals to Thyroid Illnesses

Posted on: Jan 22, 2010

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This is not shocking news to me. We wrote about safer cookware last year and the EWG has been hemming and hawing over PFOA‘s for years. A new study, done by British researchers found that people with high levels of the chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in their blood have higher rates of thyroid diseases — [...]

Have Ingredient Questions? Stephanie Has Answers

Posted on: Aug 25, 2009

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If you’ve been reading here long enough, you know that we never shut up about Bubble and Bee, or Stephanie. We love that woman for so many reasons. One is her lengthy knowledge of chemicals. I never hesitate to bug her when I have a question about an ingredient. She’s even guest posted for us [...]

Bisphenol-A: How Much Evidence Do We Need?

Posted on: Jun 25, 2009

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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 [...]

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 [...]

Next Toxin to Watch: Triclosan

Posted on: Jul 18, 2008

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I sat in on a video Q & A session with Environmental Working Group Scientist Rebecca Sutton about a study the EWG released Thursday regarding Triclosan. Triclosan, as the EWG defines it as “an antibacterial chemical found in many consumer products”. Triclosan is often listed as an active ingredient in many household items… and is [...]

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