Awareness of BPA in plastics is becoming more common, but did you know that children’s lunch boxes, binders, backpacks and nap mats can contain chemicals linked to learning disabilities, ADHD, obesity, and asthma? A new 2011 study found PVC is one of the most widely used hazardous plastics in the world because it’s made with [...]
While searching for PVC-free mattress covers, it became apparent that most allergy relief/bed bug mattress encasements are made of polypropylene, polyethylene, or polyester, which is great news. But we also learned that you need to watch out for those that have a “membrane,” because they are usually made of vinyl or polyurethane. Because it takes [...]
If you’ve been following our search for PVC-free pool toys for long, you know how difficult it can be to find anything. We’ve found that Sassy’s new bath toys make great beach toys in the meantime! We’ve confirmed each of the following to be free of BPA, PVC and pthahlates (just click on each image [...]
We finally decided to tackle blenders, mixers and mills! We’ve confirmed with each manufacture that the following kitchen appliances are free of BPA, PVC and phthalates on all food-contact surfaces: Babycook by Beaba Dex Products Baby Food Processor BabySteps Food Mill by Kidco Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Food Processors and Juicers Combi Mommy’s Food Processor [...]
Q: I’m looking for safe empty bottles with spray tops and pump tops to use for baby lotions and diaper wash spray. Any ideas on where to buy them? A: We recommend choosing glass spray bottles whenever they can be kept safely out of little hands. Our favorite resource for glass bottles is SKS Bottle [...]
Updated 1/31/12 We’ve talked extensively about BPA-based epoxy linings commonly used in aluminum cans, especially in regards to finding BPA-free tomatoes. It was a difficult task because of their acidic nature, but we finally found Pomi. Not even Eden Organics, the leader of the pack, has found a way to go BPA-free in the canned [...]
We pretty well have the bath toys covered, but what about safe bath tubs and seats? You’ve probably noticed that most of the options out there are marked with a recycling code, making it difficult to know what type of plastic they’re made from. It turns out there is good news! It appears that you [...]
Here we are, coming up on our third year in business and safe bath toys are still difficult to locate! It’s always good news when manufacturers introduces great new bath toys made without toxic plastic. For 2010, all Sassy bath toys are now BPA and phthalate-free and twelve of them are also PVC-free. PVC-free Bath [...]
Updated 1/31/12 – Check out our newly updated BPA-free Canned Food Shopping Guide We recently shared our pathetic findings when searching for pre-prepared tomatoes in BPA-free containers. Several of our amazing readers came to the rescue with possibilities we hadn’t heard of, so we started the process of confirming with the each manufacturer. We ended [...]
