Katy Farber is an author, teacher and green blogger. In her latest work, she takes busy parents by the hand to help them navigate each aspect of safer, healthier eating. Katy’s insight and experience is especially helpful for new parents who are trying to tackle this mountain of information alone. Eat Non-Toxic: a manual for [...]
Have you ever had a kid you knew was doing something sneaky but you just couldn’t catch them in the act? Then when you finally catch him dead to rights, he instantly admits to it and says, “Sorry Mom, I didn’t mean to – go ahead and ground me.” I have. And the suggestion that [...]
Research by doctors from California Pacific Medical Center found evidence that BPA and methylparaben (a preservative found in some cosmetics and personal care products) can interfere with the effectiveness of breast-cancer medications. These drugs normally work by slowing the growth of breast cells (both cancerous and non-cancerous), but when researchers exposed the cells to BPA [...]
Our suspicions about the health of eating naked have been undoubtedly confirmed by our friends at the Breast Cancer Fund. They conducted a landmark study in humans with the help of the Silent Spring Institute over a two year period. They asked, and answered, some looming questions about BPA and phthalates in food packaging. For [...]
Wishing you had a little more info on the latest happenings with BPA and other endocrine disruptors found in plastic? Tonight’s your chance! I’ll be joining Shari Criso for the My Baby Experts live web show tonight 9-10pm EST. Shari has been hearing from concerned folks just like you requesting help addressing this issue and [...]
Emily Barrett of Environmental Health Perspectives recently provided a great synopsis of an updated review of food contact materials and their potential to leach endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC’s) into our food. Author of the review, Jane Muncke, didn’t mince words when issuing her findings, calling into question the current means of estimating the true level [...]
Not only is my sister Laura a Non-toxic Ninja Mommy, she’s also earned the title of The Extractor around here. Laura’s the one who works behind the scenes to gather much of the information for the safer product lists we share with you. Laura’s most recent foray into the often secretive world of manufacturing involved [...]
Hooray for Eden Foods! They’ve made a move away from BPA lined cans to glass jars at the request of their consumers. They remedied the problem of light exposure
UPDATED: 11/19/10 (see below) We learned this time last year that carbonless credit card receipts may serve as our highest exposure to BPA, even taking into consideration the many other ubiquitous sources. But today we got some good news from our friend Janelle Sorensen of Healthy Child Healthy World who made us aware of an [...]
