Awards Archive | August, 2008

Safbaby: How Dangerous is PVC in Toys?

Safbaby, founded by two motivated Moms, is the go to resource for safe alternatives for baby’s every need. Safbaby’s interview with the PVC Free Guru, Mike Schade of CHEJ, is a MUST see! The most important reasons to avoid PVC in children’s products are well-covered in their fantastic article: 1) Locating PVC free products 2) [...]

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BPA and PVC Free Plastic Baby Bottle Comparison Chart

The Soft Landing Team is proud to present our newest research tool for parents We’ve gathered our knowledge and personal experience into any easy-to-read format.  Introducing the completely portable  Plastic Baby Bottle Comparison Chart – download your free copy now for easy shopping!  

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FDA Upholds BPA’s Safety

Boy, it’s two steps forward and one step back. We just celebrated the ban of phthalates and lead a few days ago, only to turn around and find the FDA upholding the use of BPA in children’s products. It’s depressing to see the FDA failing to protect us again. The folks at Green to Grow [...]

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Enviroblog: My quest for the perfect BPA-free sippy cup

Lisa of Enviroblog has been in search of the perfect safer sippy cup – and she found it at The Soft Landing of course! You can probably imagine what it’s like to work for EWG and be a parent. In a word: fraught. In two words: consumer paralysis. Maybe it’s just because I’m new here. [...]

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President Bush Signs Legislation Banning Lead and Phthalates

Woohoo! This is momentous news, sure to cause waves of changes across the country. The New York Times released the announcement, explaining that the new law prohibits lead, beyond minute levels, in products for children 12 or younger. The bill also bans phthalates, a chemical widely used to make plastic products softer and more flexible. [...]

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PVC Free Back to School Guide by CHEJ

The Soft Landing has always been a proponent of PVC free eating gear, so we were happy to see the first-ever Back-to-School Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies created by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) Their informative Guide will help makes it so easy to make healthier choices for your kids and family. [...]

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Update on Sassy MAM Pacifiers

UPDATED 1/18/09 We’ve been bombarded lately with questions from parents who contacted Sassy and have been given varying answers to the age old question, “Which Sassy pacifiers are BPA free?” We received a comment today from a frantic parent needing to know the final word: I emailed MAM again for more clarity. Here’s what they [...]

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New Legislation Would Remove Lead and Phthalates from Toys

Healthy Child Healthy World announced recently that the Safe Toy bill banning six phthalates and requiring lead-testing has passed in the Senate! The final tally: the House voted 424 to 1 and the Senate voted 89 to 3 to pass this historic piece of legislation. Not only does it set a precedent to act with [...]

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