Pucker Up Baby! There's Lead in Your Lipstick!

More bad news about lead: It is in 61% of name brand lipsticks! The $50 billion cosmetic industry largely regulates itself, and the FDA has not set a limit on lead levels in lipstick. Thank goodness we have the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and the Environmental Working Group to … [Read more...]

California Sues Toy Companies Over Lead Content

Sometimes, I am proud to live in the Golden State. If the federal government won't protect our children, as least California will try. Last month, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law AB 1108 banning the use of phthalates in children’s products. This week, California … [Read more...]

Do Home Lead Test Kits Work?

When I first learned about lead in children's lunch boxes, I rushed to the hardware store to buy my own Home Lead Test Kit. I was concerned about my daughter's commercial character backpack (which thankfully we no longer have), and we conducted our own Eco Child's Play lead … [Read more...]

Is the Consumer Product Safety Commission Doing Their Job?

Even before the recent flurry of children's toy recalls, I questioned the effectiveness of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) when they failed to act on the presence of lead in children's lunchboxes. The news has only gotten worse, since I wrote about it last … [Read more...]

Keep Kids Out of Meds…With Kitty Litter?

Like many people, you may have some odds and ends of prescriptions that you or someone in your family never needed: a fast-healing injury that required painkillers, cough syrup that may be past its prime, or sleeping pills for a temporary insomnia. The old adage has been to … [Read more...]