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Investigating UPPAbaby Flame-Retardant-Free Car Seats

April 25, 2017 By Julie Watts 1 Comment

Turns out you can make a naturally flame resistant car seat that passes the federal flammability standard without retardants. The first batch of UPPAbaby Flame-Retardant-Free Car Seats shipped to stores this month.For years manufactures have argued that they have to add chemical … [Read more...]

Lead In Sippy Cups And The Moms Making A Difference

February 11, 2017 By Julie Watts 2 Comments

Lead Found In Sippy Cup

#ReportersNotebook I began following the blogger Natural Baby Mama a little over a year ago while investigating concerning flame retardants found in a popular green car seat. She and her readers provided background information and personal anecdotes that helped to propel our Toxic … [Read more...]

Questions About 2016 Ecology Center Car Seat Flame Retardant Report

December 13, 2016 By newsmom 11 Comments

2016 Ecology Center Car Seat Test Results

The Ecology Center has released its semiannual car seat flame retardant report which tests a variety of popular car seats for flame retardants. Each year it is controversial. However, each year it seems to prompt the industry to make strides toward healthier car seats.This year is … [Read more...]

Ergo Baby “Exiting the Orbit Baby Brand”

November 1, 2016 By Julie Watts 13 Comments

Is Orbit Baby Discontinued?Orbit's Facebook page has confirmed to several parents via Facebook messenger that its parent company Ergo Baby is "exiting the Orbit Baby brand" and selling through its inventory at a discounted price. However, Ergo Baby stopped short of confirming to us … [Read more...]

Exploding Glow Stick Warning

October 10, 2016 By newsmom 2 Comments

Exploding Glow Stick Warning

Glow sticks are a popular purchase this time of year. From Halloween to the Holidays, birthday parties to the 4th of July, they are cheap, fun and often provide a lot of bang for the buck.But, as a fellow NewsMom recently discovered, they dont come without their dangers—especially … [Read more...]

Now Our Clek Car Seat Tested Positive for TDCPP

August 25, 2016 By newsmom 5 Comments

"Which Car Seat Do You Use Now?”That is by far the most common question people ask following our continuing coverage of flame retardants found in kids’ car seats (and potentially in the kids who use them).Until now, we've tried to avoid publicly revealing which car seat we … [Read more...]

Remember ‘That’ Biomonitoring Study? Car Seats Are Just the Beginning…

July 30, 2016 By Julie Watts 2 Comments

If you’ve seen my coverage of chemicals in car seats, you likely know that a biomonitoring study found high levels of a known “cancer-causing flame retardant” in my child; the same flame retardant was in her car seat.ALSO SEE: How I Found “Cancer-Causing” Flame Retardants In My … [Read more...]

“Chemicals Are in Everything, Why Should I Care?”

June 14, 2016 By Julie Watts 2 Comments

Why Care About Chemicals Products?

One of the most common critiques I get about my reporting on chemical flame retardants in car seats can be summed up with this Facebook comment on one of my posts:Look at how many of us survived... using car seats. Then look at the ones who survived before car seats were a thing. … [Read more...]

Investigating Car Seat Chemicals

May 22, 2016 By Julie Watts 8 Comments

#Toxic Safety: Investigating Car Seat Chemicals

What began as a NewsMom editorial, expanded into a six month KPIX-CBS investigation exposing alleged false advertising, apparent legal loopholes and outdated federal regulations that systematically expose millions of children to concerning car seat chemicals.First, we established … [Read more...]

What’s In Your Cleaning Products?

April 23, 2016 By Julie Watts 3 Comments

Toxic Cleaning Products - Whats in the cleaners in your home?

New parents tend to top the list of people concerned about toxic cleaning products. So, like many, I went out and bought the brands that appeared to be green and had names or slogans that implied they were "natural" or "kid safe."Now, as a consumer reporter, I am well aware that … [Read more...]

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