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	<title>SafeMama.com &#187; Phthalates Info</title>
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		<title>Phthalates in pills?  What&#8217;s next?</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2009/07/23/phthalates-in-pills-whats-next/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2009/07/23/phthalates-in-pills-whats-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Statia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you think you&#8217;ve got it covered in terms of avoiding phthalates, you find out there&#8217;s something else to worry about (seriously, is there anything that doesn&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear SafeMama: Shower Etiquette, Reader Feedback</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2009/04/23/dear-safemama-shower-etiquette-reader-feedback/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2009/04/23/dear-safemama-shower-etiquette-reader-feedback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pregnant and have baby showers coming up and I&#8217;m pretty frustrated and worried with the baby gift shopping. Here is what I don&#8217;t want: 1)  People supporting companies that use BPA and other harmful chemicals to buy gifts for me.  It feel like they&#8217;d be doing a very unhelpful thing in my name, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SafeMama&#8217;s 2009 Safer Sunscreen Cheat Sheet</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2009/04/13/safemamas-2009-safer-sunscreen-cheat-sheet/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2009/04/13/safemamas-2009-safer-sunscreen-cheat-sheet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please visit our updated 2010 Safer Sunscreen Cheat Sheet for more brand recommendations! It was high time to redo last year&#8217;s Safer Sunscreen Showdown.. spring is here and summer is around the corner!  So here&#8217;s the scoop: SafeMama™ Sunscreen Criteria: All sunscreens we approved needed to be free of parabens, phthalates, PEG&#8217;s, propylene glycol, SLS, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: New Boon Bath Toys</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2009/03/31/review-new-boon-bath-toys/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2009/03/31/review-new-boon-bath-toys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Phthalates Info]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preserve: Helping Us Avoid Adding to Landfills</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2009/02/21/preserve-helping-us-avoid-adding-to-landfills/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2009/02/21/preserve-helping-us-avoid-adding-to-landfills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! One of the things that&#8217;s been a challenge for everyone is avoid excess plastic.  I know for myself, I&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New CPSC law in effect</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2009/02/16/the-new-cpsc-law-in-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2009/02/16/the-new-cpsc-law-in-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Statia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://safemama.com/?p=635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;m pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPSC Issues Phthalates Compliance Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2009/02/07/cpsc-issues-phthalates-compliance-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2009/02/07/cpsc-issues-phthalates-compliance-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Mama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Link Roundup!</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/09/12/friday-link-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;ll be back with another edition next week as long as my potty training efforts don&#8217;t put me in the hospital twitching.  Anyway, I thought today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congrass Passes Ban on Phthalates!</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/07/30/congrass-passes-ban-on-phthalates/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2008/07/30/congrass-passes-ban-on-phthalates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Congress voted on the Children&#8217;s Safe Products Act which approved a nationwide ban on phthalates in products intended for children under 12. We&#8217;ve been waiting for this so we&#8217;re happy to say goodbye to phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP&#8230; three chemicals used to soften plastics in children&#8217;s toys like bath squirties, soft books and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shower Curtains Can Make You Sick.</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/16/shower-curtains-can-make-you-sick/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2008/06/16/shower-curtains-can-make-you-sick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Statia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://safemama.com/?p=195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t be good for you. That&#8217;s because it isn&#8217;t. We&#8217;ve discussed before, how the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in vinyl produces off-gassing. And that includes your shower curtain. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Air Freshener: Citrus Magic</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/06/14/natural-air-freshener-citrus-magic/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2008/06/14/natural-air-freshener-citrus-magic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://safemama.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t need to be breathing this stuff in. I am a big believer in embracing fresh air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enviroblog&#8217;s Brush Up on Phthalates</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/05/06/enviroblogs-brush-up-on-phthalates/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2008/05/06/enviroblogs-brush-up-on-phthalates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://safemama.com/?p=166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite bloggers, Amanda, who blogs on EWG&#8217;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&#8217;s also used to bind fragrance to a product. You can find them in many household [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Skin Care Products: A Quick Users Guide</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/04/11/baby-skin-care-products-a-quick-users-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2008/04/11/baby-skin-care-products-a-quick-users-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Statia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that we&#8217;ve been frustrated with, here at SafeMama, was what seemed like a lack of safe baby skin care products. Hence, the second version of the Paraben and Phthalate Free Bath Care Cheat Sheet. As we were searching we realized that there actually are a lot of really great products out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phthalates Ban in Washington on the Horizon</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/03/26/phthalates-ban-in-washington-on-the-horizon/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2008/03/26/phthalates-ban-in-washington-on-the-horizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://safemama.com/2008/03/26/phthalates-ban-in-washington-on-the-horizon/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though a lot of parents are taking measure&#8217;s into their own hands by not buying toys containing PVC and phthalates, this is a time of change and I see it boiling in the wings. Already, California is instituting a ban on phthalates due to take effect next year. Next state in the spotlight is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Camelbak Offers BPA Free Alternative</title>
		<link>http://safemama.com/2008/03/12/camelbak-offers-bpa-free-alternative/</link>
		<comments>http://safemama.com/2008/03/12/camelbak-offers-bpa-free-alternative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafeMama Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;ve made the switch to a reusable sports bottle rather than using bottled, I have become obsessed with them. I am pretty happy with my ThinkSport, and the Sigg and Kleen Kanteen&#8217;s are old favorties of many readers. However I stumbed on the CamelBak website recently and was pleasantly surprised to see their &#8220;new&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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