Cell Phones and Cancer-

I've been following the stories about cell phones and cancer closely. It's not that I use mine very often (in fact, I can rarely find it), and coverage is spotty in rural Vermont. No, I am thinking about all of my students who probably started using cell phones in the seventh … [Read more...]

Toxic (PFC) Candy Wrappers May be Banned in California

The bad news about toxic children's products never ceases. Recently, I learned that food packaging, such as used for candy and pizza, contains toxic perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), specifically perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluoroctanoic acid (PFOA). As a general … [Read more...]

Swimming Pools, Chlorine and Asthma – What’s The Connection?

As summer approaches we’re digging out our goggles, inner tubes and various pool toys in expectation of lazy days spent at our local swimming pool. So when I learned that 20% of Olympic swimmers have asthma and the possible culprit is exposure to chlorine, it gave me … [Read more...]

FDA Warns Against Nipple Cream

This article posted on CNN absolutely infuriates me. The story is a warning about a nipple cream, Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream (a "natural" cream that is lanolin free and made with shea butter and calendula), which is SUPPOSED to sooth cracked and sore nipples. Instead, it causes … [Read more...]

Painless Ways to "Go" Organic

One of my closest friends (and fellow mom) is not exactly "green". She tends to skew towards the tested and reliable brands and not towards the "fad" of baby organic products. I recently persuaded her to try a few organic products and, low and behold, she has been very pleased … [Read more...]