Green Parenting for Non-toxic, Healthy Homes
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The secret is out: the toxic chemicals industry is designing a PR campaign for survival! Bisphenol A in baby bottles, water bottles, and food cans. Formaldehyde in furniture. Phthalates in air fresheners, soft plastics, and fragrances. The manufacturers of these chemicals are not taking the push for regulation lying down (despite their public claims of support for safety). Don’t be duped!
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When I was a kid, my brother had guinea pigs. Fat little guys with stubby little legs that he desperately tried to train to do entertaining things like play soccer with a super ball and sniff out money (he was a little Alex P. Keaton-ish). In my innocent upbringing I would never have imagined conducting tests on our little friends.
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During both of my pregnancies, I was an avid drinker of pregnancy tea. This natural herbal concoction is full of essential vitamins and minerals; however, little did I know I was making my tea toxic by drinking it out of a Nalgene bottle. We (the public) did not know about endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastics, such as bisphenol-A (BPA) back then, but we do now. A new study has linked prenatal exposure to (BPA) and diethylstilbestrol (DES) to breast cancer.
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Ugh, it happened…after years of seeing erectile dysfunction (ED) commercials on TV, my eight-year-old daughter finally asked, “What was the commercial about?” I told her to ask her father, but he wasn’t home, so I was stuck. I’ve always been honest, so I told her it had to do with penis problems (not bathtubs). She went, “Eewww,” and that was that. I was lucky she didn’t ask me what kind of penis problems. Really, I’m surprised she hasn’t asked before now with how prevalent the commercials are on TV.
Beyond personal annoyance at seeing men talk about their penis problems daily on TV, I think it is really inappropriate these commercials are not limited to adult programing or late night. In fact, why do we think it is ok for our children to be confronted with any pharmaceutical commercials? [read the full article...]
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Concerned consumers have known for a long time that Bisphenol-A (BPA) is bad stuff.
President Obama is not so sure, thus the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will conduct a $30 million study on the health effects of BPA.
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1. The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the EarthThis updated version for kids of the classic 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth is a handy reference for any child looking for small steps they can take to live a greener life. The layout is user friendly and appealing, and it is a great resource for the classroom and home. Not only does this book include tips, such as “plant a tree” but it includes “eco-experiments”, such as making your own recycled paper. As you would expect, this book is printed on “certified chain of custody” recycled paper with soy inks.
Would I buy this product? Probably not. My experience with these sort of books is they sit on shelves, good ideas or not, without much use. Besides, most of the information can be found on the 50 Simple Kids website for free.
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BPA-Free Kids Act would ban the hormone disrupter from kids' products.
Could the BPA era of chemically altering our children finally be over? Oh, how we have ranted over the years! From autism to erectile dysfunction, BPA has been linked to many harmful health effects. Hopefully that is all about to end thanks to Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, who have introduced the BPA-Free Kids Act.
The Epoch Times reports many reasons why BPA should be banned:
- BPA poses major health risks that affect reproduction and neural development because the chemical mimics estrogen.
- Infants and toddlers have the highest risk because they have the highest level of exposure at a time when risks to reproduction and neural development are greatest.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that 95 percent of Americans tested have BPA levels at or above levels that cause abnormalities in animals.
- Studies on lab animals and BPA have shown a link between obesity, infertility, behavioral changes, miscarriages, prostrate problems, and cancer.
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Thank you Citizenpup for sponsoring our Green Lunch Giveway, and congratulations to Sonya of Sanity is for Those Without Children (love the name!) for winning. Sonya wrote, “My kids love edamame and lots of veggies!” My kids love edamame too, and I promise to grow the beans in my garden next year. If you do buy edamame, shop carefully to avoid beans grown in China. Many of the frozen organic varieties of edamame originate in China.
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