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Category: Phthalates Info

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 [...]

Dear SafeMama: Shower Etiquette, Reader Feedback

Posted on: Apr 23, 2009

Filed Under Dear SafeMama, Phthalates Info, Product Safety | 29 Comments

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I’m pregnant and have baby showers coming up and I’m pretty frustrated and worried with the baby gift shopping. Here is what I don’t want: 1) People supporting companies that use BPA and other harmful chemicals to buy gifts for me. It feel like they’d be doing a very unhelpful thing in my name, and [...]

SafeMama’s 2009 Safer Sunscreen Cheat Sheet

Posted on: Apr 13, 2009

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Please visit our updated 2010 Safer Sunscreen Cheat Sheet for more brand recommendations! It was high time to redo last year’s Safer Sunscreen Showdown.. spring is here and summer is around the corner! So here’s the scoop: SafeMama™ Sunscreen Criteria: All sunscreens we approved needed to be free of parabens, phthalates, PEG’s, propylene glycol, SLS, [...]

Review: New Boon Bath Toys

Posted on: Mar 31, 2009

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I recently got my hands on all of the new Boon Bath Toys for my son. Our bath toy collection had drastically dwindled last year when I learned about PVC and Phthalates and promptly pitched everything we had. Bye bye bath squirties. Then, light shone down on me when I entered a giveaway at The [...]

Preserve: Helping Us Avoid Adding to Landfills

Posted on: Feb 21, 2009

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! One of the things that’s been a challenge for everyone is avoid excess plastic. I know for myself, I’ve been trying my best to buy things with less packaging or made with sustainable materials. But everyone knows, its tough to avoid plastic all together. A friend, (Hi Jenn!) pointed me to a [...]

The New CPSC law in effect

Posted on: Feb 16, 2009

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Last week, I had to run to Toys R Us for a birthday present, just two days after the new CPSC law had gone into effect. I was more curious to see how retailers were taking action. I noticed that the shelves were a little more bare, but quite frankly, I was disappointed. I’m pretty [...]

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. [...]

Friday Link Roundup!

Posted on: Sep 12, 2008

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I know we skipped Dear SafeMama this week but in the world of motherhood, it was a hellish week for all of us so we took a week off. We’ll be back with another edition next week as long as my potty training efforts don’t put me in the hospital twitching. Anyway, I thought today [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]