I attended the All Baby and Child Expo (ABC) again this year and I was happy with the increase in toxin awareness. The BPA-free movement has certainly swept the nation in quick fashion and really gained speed in late 2008, which was after the 2008 ABC Show. Last year I spent all of my time chasing down manufacturers to try and extract [...]
I think we’ve just experienced the greatest greenwashing this side of the moon. SIGG’s laid-back announcement about the “mere presence of BPA” in the lining of their pre-August 2008 aluminum bottles has generated a firestorm – and it’s not all on the consumer side of things either. Now the big question is, will SIGG be [...]
Um, did I say excuses? I meant reasons, of course. 10 Reasons to Buy a Stainless Steel Water Bottle Avoid Extra Chemicals – there’s enough to worry about with rocket fuel and other hormone-disruptors already present in water, so you need to avoid the ones you have control over. Clean Taste – water from a [...]
“I dare you to try and wrestle his coffee mug away” I was working on a schedule for upcoming product reviews when my brother-in-law walked into our warehouse with his beloved Thermos mug. Thinking back, I realized that I hadn’t seen him without it lately! Well, that made my choice of which review to [...]
Melissa, founder of Itsabelly Baby Concierge, is beginning an informative series that will take a close look at some of the safer baby feeding gear currently available. The stainless steel Foogo sippy cup by Thermos is first up for review with the help of little Isabella (we love that homegrown research!). Isabella has been using [...]
We recently challenged Kathy of Safe Mama to a Foogo sippy challenge. She and her 2 year old put their Foogo through the kind of “homegrown” testing we’ve come to love. So, how did the BPA free stainless sippy fair? Here’s the verdict in Kathy’s own words . . . I’ve checked out quite a [...]
